Button (disambiguation)
A button is a permanently attached object that is meant to fasten fabrics or is meant as decoration.
Button may also refer to:
Controls
- "The button" often refers specifically to a control (real or figurative) to activate a nuclear weapon
Television, film, and music
The Button (Reddit)
The Button was a meta-game and social experiment hosted by Reddit that featured an online button and countdown timer that would reset each time the button was pressed. The experiment was hosted on the social networking website Reddit beginning on April 1 and was active until June 5, 2015. The game was started by a Reddit administrator.
The Button garnered enthusiasm from Reddit users worldwide, attracting clicks from over one million unique user accounts. Various websites, browser extensions, and mobile applications were created for tracking the live statistics of the Button and enabling users to visit the Button when the timer dropped below a certain threshold.
The Button's countdown timer reached zero several times due to technical issues, but on June 5, 2015, the countdown timer reached zero in the absence of any issue, and so the experiment officially ended.
Overview
The specific Reddit community (subreddit) for the Button had the standard Reddit appearance but with a molly-guarded button next to a 60-second countdown timer at the top of the page. When the button was clicked, the countdown would reset. The button could only be pressed once by each Reddit account, and only accounts that were created before the event started on April 1 were allowed to press it. There was also a cumulative count of all unique users who had clicked the button since its launch.
The Button (sculpture)
The Button (officially, Split Button) is a modern art sculpture that lies at the center of campus at the University of Pennsylvania. It was designed by Swedish sculptor Claes Oldenburg, who specializes in creating oversize sculptures of everyday objects.
Specifications
Controversy
When The Button was installed in front of the Van Pelt Library on June 18, 1981, it was met with much controversy. Some students found the structure intrusive, and a poor addition to College Green. Controversy surrounding the piece has subsided in the years since 1981, but either way, it is now a central landmark and focal point of campus.
Podcasts:
The Button
ALBUMS
- The Droplift Project released: 2000
The Droplift Project
Released 2000- Thunderclock
- Cubicle 38 Droplift Blues
- Free Will
- Familiar Faces
- Rub My Face
- Recycled Flashback
- Cute Ass
- Traitors
- Urgent Day Off
- Blame the Media
- Monkey Business
- Let's Play a Game
- Loder Runner (Droplift Flakes)
- Mr. T. Adventure Story
- Untitled
- Sailor Mom
- Son of Satan
- Long Slow Malcolm
- Year of the Rabbit
- Ice Teal
- No Need to Fear
- Asshole
- Marilyn Hanson Part 2
- King Brian
- Checkmate
- Elf Song
- Everyone is Afraid of Clowns
- To the Fullest Extent of the Law
- Wannabe
- We'd Bruise
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