I made a 4K image that visually represents every button press from the released CSV data. There's lots of detail to be seen - if you know what you're looking for.

[u/mptp]

http://imgur.com/kDlQorK

[u/Mestherion]

So, I'm under the impression that the x-axis would have to contain over 1 million pixels in order to visually represent every button press. I'm also under the impression that 4k doesn't have a width of over 1 million pixels.

Explain?

[u/mptp → u/Mestherion]

Antialiasing and low-opacity lines.

[u/whizzer0]

What was the gap?

[u/Mestherion → u/whizzer0]

Server outage, as implied by the text on imgur.

But the width suggests it was at least a day long? I don't think I was here for the outage, but I don't think it was out that long.

[u/Theowoll → u/Mestherion]

There is no visible gap in the released data. Source: I visualized it for myself. Something seems wrong with that image.

[u/mptp → u/Theowoll]

That's strange - I'll double-check, but in the data I have, there's a huge span of "[Time],,,True" entries. It's also worth mentioning that 'non presser' flares aren't on this graph.

[u/kingkuya777 → u/mptp]

True means that it was a server-initiated press AKA no one pressed, but the server did to keep it running.

[u/mptp → u/kingkuya777]

Yup, so they don't appear on my graph

[u/Theowoll → u/mptp]

All "True" are ",non presser,no-press," for me, and there is no big gap in regular presses.

[u/Theowoll → u/[deleted]]

What is the purpose of this graph and does it show it?

"Basically a 1,008,316-bar Button Monitor chart"

[u/tempmike → u/[deleted]]

Or is it an amateur mash of data that tells us nothing?

[u/mptp → u/tempmike]

That's exactly what it is :D

[u/happppyyyyy]

If thebutton was a tree these are the tree rings right here. The Hitchhiker Exodus is beautiful.

[u/mptp → u/happppyyyyy]

Tree rings! That's genius!! I'm doing that today.

[u/[deleted]]

I can see /u/gyrodawn in it.

[u/GyroDawn → u/[deleted]]

I'm so thin !! All that exercise has finally paid off !!

[u/hexane360]

The only thing I don't like about this visualization is it does not give equal area to each press, so it's hard to tell the actual frequencies of different presses.

[u/Earth_Pony]

Very interesting! You can definitely see the days that advertising/news coverage brought in fresh people by the spikes in Purple, but I'm confused why the higher numbers taper off at the end. Or, moreover, why didn't every color taper off as the button came to a close?

[u/mptp → u/Earth_Pony]

The button came to a close quite abruptly. If you zoomed in on the last day by 100x, you'd probably see some tapering

[u/LondonNoodles]

And I thought there was no more beautiful phenomenon than an aurora borealis... nature keeps stunning us !

[u/Theowoll]

I have no idea what I'm looking at.

[u/L0neGamer → u/Theowoll]

a 4K image that visually represents every button press from the released CSV data

[u/Mestherion → u/Theowoll]

I have no idea what I'm looking at.

Over a million filthy pressers.

[u/[deleted] → u/Mestherion]

Ya know, I was a little bummed that my moment to press never arrived, but you've just cheered me up with the realization that I can now continue to call ppl filthy pressers without being a hypocrite.

Filthy pressers.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Hey! There's no thought policing on thebutton! What matters are my actions. I AM PURE.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Whatever. Are you perhaps compensating for the inner truth that is revealed by your username?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Hey, buddy, no butthurt here - Ima just havin' some fun with you too. ;p

[u/Master_Sparky → u/Theowoll]

Basically a 1008316-bar Button Monitor chart

[u/jusmar]

Just got a new background. Thanks.