As mentioned by Robert last week, the interest by SE Inc. already existed. And as I explained in my answer there: it must have taken a lot of effort to rec-compute all those numbers.
This is for sure not something that you do within a few days.
Of course, the more interesting question for the gamification people is: whether the recount also affected badge counters around the daily limit.
And regarding "bad timing", what I find more worrisome: that again, SE Inc. makes a decision, doesn't ask for feedback, pushes it out, and of course, only announces it via blog. That is the real issue here.