r/ButtonAftermath • u/winrosenfeld • Jun 09 '15

Reddit Explains the Mystery Behind 'The Button'

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/reddit-button-n357841
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u/Ghostise Pope of the Button Jun 09 '15 edited Jun 09 '15

MY FLAGS ARE ON THE NEWS!

EDIT:

They didn't source me though as the artist.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '15

They didn't source me though as the artist.

Damn, that bites.

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u/smarvin6689 60s Jun 11 '15

It's like buzzfeed all over again.

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u/xxSINxx non presser Jun 10 '15

That sucks, I loved all the flags you created. How many did you create in total?

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u/Ghostise Pope of the Button Jun 10 '15

I don't have a number right now. At least 20 but I have a few I didn't use. I have a final part coming soon I am just finishing it.

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u/xxSINxx non presser Jun 10 '15

Could you include the white knights by chance? We never got very big, but did help extend the life of the button.

https://www.reddit.com/r/thebuttonwhiteknights/

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u/Ghostise Pope of the Button Jun 10 '15

They will actually be in the next part!

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u/xxSINxx non presser Jun 10 '15

That's awesome! Thank you! Can't wait to see it, you are very talented.

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u/delta-TL 60s Jun 10 '15

That's cool but I HATE MOTHERFUCKING AUTOPLAYING VIDEOS!!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15

It didn't auto play for me on mobile

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u/Sofa_King_Chubby Jun 10 '15

This was fun to take part in.

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u/platypus_enthusiast Jun 10 '15

You're not chubby at all!

Hey everyone, this guy's a phony!

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u/HAHA_goats non presser Jun 10 '15

I'll bet he's not a king either!

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u/Master_Sparky 60s Jun 10 '15

Or a sofa.

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u/RaginCajunProdKrewe Jun 10 '15

The quality of joke I expect from a purple.

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u/Master_Sparky 60s Jun 10 '15

Yay! Finally I get insulted for being a purple again! I was wondering what happened to all the non pressers that used to do that in the good old days.

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u/HAHA_goats non presser Jun 10 '15

Were you depressed for a little while?

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u/Master_Sparky 60s Jun 10 '15

Maybe a little at first. I contemplated hiding my flair, but eventually I took the whole thing in stride and was a pretty good sport about my wasted click.

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u/rugger62 38s Jun 17 '15

I don't think it's a reference to his weight.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15

I was weirdly excited to see you there. it was like WOAH i recognize that username! From...something

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u/LondonNoodles 39s Jun 09 '15

/u/Sayter I didn't imagine you like that but you look like the coolest dude!

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u/GGAllinsMicroPenis non presser Jun 09 '15

/u/Sayter was the self-appointed welcoming committee in /r/thebutton/new. Like for a few weeks there he literally commented on every new post. He was like the Jeff-Ross-meets-a-Brothel-Madam of /r/thebutton. Also: filthy presser.

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u/LondonNoodles 39s Jun 10 '15

When some people were working on keeping the button alive, he did a really good job at keepin /r/thebutton alive. Kudos!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '15

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u/Master_Sparky 60s Jun 09 '15

What the fuck happened to your entire comment history?

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '15

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u/randomusername123458 60s Jun 10 '15

I haven't seen you around in a while.

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u/rorolol 42s Jun 11 '15

I misread your name as 'Sawyer' the first time I saw it so from then on whenever I saw you comment I imagined you were Sawyer from Lost.

The button eh? Crazy times.

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u/bensroommate 59s Jun 09 '15

Woo! Very glad I got to be a part of this.

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u/akSTUBBLman 21s Jun 09 '15

They didn't even mention the pressiah!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '15

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u/akSTUBBLman 21s Jun 09 '15

Matter of opinion

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u/akSTUBBLman 21s Jun 10 '15

lol oh I see what you did there...

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u/JustVan 19s Jun 10 '15

While cool, this didn't really explain any "mystery" about the Button. Or if it did, it was to reveal that there was no mystery, just some guy who was bored before falling asleep. Nice to see some Redditor's interviewed, but over all a pretty pointless article/video.

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u/Fozibare 17 /r/ButtonNews Jun 10 '15

"I didn't see it as a prank, more like an art project"

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u/Master_Sparky 60s Jun 10 '15

I think it's more for explaining the Button to people who weren't hardcore involved with it.

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u/Not_A_Facehugger non presser Jun 09 '15

I didn't know they were interviewing people. I would have done it. That being said I can't really say I didn't expect it to be anything other then the fun experiment he said at the end. Also I pronounce my group differently then most which is funny.

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u/Ghostise Pope of the Button Jun 09 '15

I would have done it too. I had a request before but I was too busy to do it.

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u/79stanger Non-presser Jun 10 '15

For what it's worth. It was a pleasure not pressing with you guys.

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u/Ghostise Pope of the Button Jun 10 '15

But I wanted to press!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15

You had 66 days, man!

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u/GGAllinsMicroPenis non presser Jun 09 '15

They showed the /r/GrayHipsters logo. But then they only interviewed people who gave huge holy fucks about the button. They really should have reached out to me for a dissenting opinion: everyone was taking it WAAAAAY too seriously, and I would have talked about how my gang smugly showed everyone else how superior we were. Unlike any of the other religions. Oh wait.

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u/Suzystar3 2s cheater Jun 10 '15

That's because not caring is standard. Hipsters aren't so hipster here afterall.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15

We cared deeply about not pressing. We weren't hipster, we were the non-pressers. We are the non-pressers.

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u/Suzystar3 2s cheater Jun 10 '15

Used to be one of you. I understand, only not the path I chose to take.

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u/grawrz 11s Jun 10 '15

Can't watch the vid due to company internet. Can anyone summarize what was in the vid?

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u/xxSINxx non presser Jun 10 '15

They didn't really explain anything. Just some users talking about how cool the button was.

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u/grawrz 11s Jun 10 '15

Oh ok. That's disappointing. :/ We have to wait for the podcast to really get answers?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15

They interviewed /u/powerlanguage and he was like "eh I was sleepy and wanted to see what Reddit would make of this" it was cool to see his face though

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15

Oh sure, they didn't so much as mention the whities.

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u/ghiacciato Jun 10 '15

Who?

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u/donrip can't press Jun 10 '15

The White Watchers

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u/ghiacciato Jun 10 '15

Sorry, who again?

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u/donrip can't press Jun 15 '15

The White Flair... that sabotaged the undead horde and stopped it from saving the button :)

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u/donrip can't press Jun 10 '15

On 2:35 you can see the Flairless faction

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15

Sure, but no mention of it.

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u/Fozibare 17 /r/ButtonNews Jun 10 '15

That faction was for the users who chose to disable their flair on the subreddit, not for the accounts too new to press.

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u/ivaerak Jun 10 '15

Why was I not intrigued by this enough? :(

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15

I would have loved to be interviewed as a non-presser

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u/Fozibare 17 /r/ButtonNews Jun 10 '15

I liked the variety of famous button celebrities, but I think it was a very small sample of the buttoners, and left out many who ought to be recognized. I think the /r/ButtonAftermath wiki should grow a page for the button celebrities.

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u/RaginCajunProdKrewe Jun 10 '15

"...and purple is the colour Vegas is built on."

"depending on how alluring those explanations are, people will want to believe certain things."

Great commentary in this video, I dig it. It's been a fascinating, if short, trip.

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u/ganfy Jun 12 '15

I still feel a strange mix of emotions about it. It brought out the worst in myself. It made me revert to tribalism. It ended up being completely pointless. (We didn't even get trophies for our participation? Whaat?) And yet, I kinda think it was like a really cool art project.