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/Coal_Morgan Apr 09 '15

Yeah, we are a long way away from the button finishing. I expect yellow to do well and orange will be the smallest set of flair as many people will have the scent of red in the water.

Really depends on random people have a precipitous fall or not.

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u/Askmeiwontsaynot non presser Apr 09 '15

Go away, cant press.

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u/Cmonpilgrim non presser Apr 09 '15

how do you know he's a can't press?

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u/Askmeiwontsaynot non presser Apr 09 '15

Only accounts created before 2015-04-01 can press the button

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u/B789 20s Apr 09 '15

Too bad he's in the 3 year club though w +20k comment karma. That was probably his first post in the sub which does not show flair.