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The Button

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The Button is a social experiment game where the objective is to press a button.

Yes. You read that right.

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Hello everyone - I hope you enjoyed the first season of The Button! I certainly did πŸ˜€

Below are some stats based on Season 1, which I hope you find interesting!


The Button β€” Season 1 Final Stats

Overview

Stat Value
Duration 12.6 hours
Total Players 378
Total Presses 292
Chat Messages 2,906
Fediverse Instances 58
Median Timer at Press 13:32

Faction Standings

Faction Control % Members Presses
Purple 29.8% 124 99
Green 29.6% 107 79
Blue 26.0% 94 76
Red 14.6% 53 38

Purple wins by just 0.2% over Green.

Records

Record Player Faction Value
First Press @weddingcrasher@lemmy.zip Purple 14:59 remaining
Last Press @mschae@discuss.mschae23.de Green 13:29 remaining
Fastest Reaction @simpliston@programming.dev Green 63ms after reset
Closest to Zero @melvisntnormal@feddit.uk Purple 1.4s remaining

Milestones

Press # Player Faction
1st @weddingcrasher@lemmy.zip Purple
10th @ptz@dubvee.org Blue
25th @protoknuckles@lemmy.world Red
50th @potter297@lemmy.zip Purple
100th @stellarextract@lemmy.zip Purple
150th @caesium@lemmy.world Blue
200th @hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works Blue
250th @chunes@lemmy.world Red
292nd (final) @mschae@discuss.mschae23.de Green

Top Instances

Instance Players
lemmy.zip 118
lemmy.world 64
sh.itjust.works 34
piefed.zip 14
piefed.social 11
feddit.org 11
lemmy.dbzer0.com 8
lemmy.ca 8
sopuli.xyz 7
lemmy.blahaj.zone 7

Hourly Activity

Hour (UTC) Presses
2026-03-31 20:00 25
2026-03-31 21:00 19
2026-03-31 22:00 21
2026-03-31 23:00 36
2026-04-01 00:00 33
2026-04-01 01:00 29
2026-04-01 02:00 24
2026-04-01 03:00 13
2026-04-01 04:00 22
2026-04-01 05:00 17
2026-04-01 06:00 20
2026-04-01 07:00 13
2026-04-01 08:00 11
2026-04-01 09:00 9

I am working on updating the platform to support multiple seasons with modifiers :) more info soon!

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[–] Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social 13 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (3 children)

I didn’t use my press last night, and was disappointed to get up this morning and find it’s over. Now what am I going to do with this random Season 1 press that I now have to carry around?!?

[–] blx@piefed.zip 6 points 7 hours ago

Put it in the piggy bank and use the interests to have multiple presses on the next event!

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 hours ago

same here :D

[–] Million@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Looks like the few seconds I took away from green came in clutch.

[–] Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

It was SO close - if there had been one more green player, I think we would've won

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

At no point did any of us in purple gang worry we were going to lose.

[–] CorvusCornix@piefed.social 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Well, I'm feeling a bit Blue that my team lost, but we'll be back stronger than ever next season!

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I tried telling you that blue was literally the color of sadness.

I also tried telling everyone that red would stick around and keep the timer going after everyone else buggered off.

I'm not always right.

[–] CorvusCornix@piefed.social 2 points 2 hours ago

Well since purple is red and blue combined, I'm pretty sure we both actually won and that's definitely NOT cope.

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 9 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Thanks for creating the project; it's a good way to help maintain a sense of community within the Fediverse.

Given that the vast majority of participants were from Lemmy or Piefed, next time it might also be worth making a separate post for it on Mastodon.

[–] Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 6 points 7 hours ago

I did make a Mastodon post, but I don't really have a big following over there, so I guess discoverability can be a bit rubbish? Any tips on getting the word out over there are much appreciated!

[–] Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

@demigodrick@lemmy.zip In all seriousness, thanks for this game, it was really cool. Things like this can only help the Fediverse, not to mention it was FUN!

[–] Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

Thank you, I'm really glad people enjoyed it! :)

[–] blx@piefed.zip 4 points 7 hours ago
Faction Members Presses % of members % of presses
Purple 124 99 32.8% 33.9%
Green 107 79 28.3% 27.1%
Blue 94 76 24.9% 26.0%
Red 53 38 14.0% 13.0%

Not saying it's unfair, buuut... I demand a rematch with presses and control time adjusted for population!

[–] Winged_Hussar@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

🐌🐌 🟣

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I missed this but have a vague recollection of something like this.. anyone have an ELI5?

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

There was a "Button" on Reddit back in the day, similar concept but no teams and the timer reset to 1 minute instead of 15

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

There are four teams and one global timer. The timer counts down from 15 minutes. When it reaches 00:00, the game ends.

You sign up and choose your team color - your choices are either green or one of three other, less important colors.

There's a button to reset the timer to 15 minutes. Pressing it also changes the team who are claiming the time. The winning team will be whoever has ownership of the button for longest during the game, a bit like some Capture the Flag games.

You have just one press of the button available to you, ever (well, until Season 2). You can choose when to press it -- for example, I waited until someone else from another team pressed it, and immediately reset it for my team.

[–] squirrel@piefed.zip 3 points 7 hours ago

Sadly I missed it. Til next time

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 hours ago