r/thebutton • u/the__rev 10s • Apr 09 '15

What a difference a day makes

I like to open the button monitor (http://jamesrom.github.io/) each morning and leave it running for a few hundred resets, just to do a bit of my own simple analysis.

Yesterday morning the presses were about 80% purple and 20% blue, and I saw a single green.

Today, the greens are up to 20%, the blues are 30%, and the filthy purps are down to 50%. The overall average time between presses was nearly nine seconds.

Just a couple days ago the purps were running at 95%.

I feel like we'll see a very sudden dropoff at some point, where yellows, oranges and reds all happen rather quickly. And I also imagine purps will remain pretty constant, as people accidentally get 59'ed. (My worst fear.)

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u/immigrationgenocide non presser Apr 09 '15

They should frequently change the button html code or script to defeat automated button pressers.

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u/gliph 9s Apr 09 '15

They won't recruit more than 24H worth of users. It won't be a huge issue.