It also ensures Reddit’s users stay glued to the countdown timer in case it reaches a record low. As the clock ticks inevitably lower, badges are harder to come by. If you do give up your press, however, you’ll be rewarded with one of seven badges that record the time you pressed it.
Getting there is deceptively simple-resist the urge to push and trust that thousands of others will, as well.
Presented without any real explanation, The Button is a map to an unknown destination just sixty seconds away. It’s no surprise that Reddit’s April Fools’ prank-a loose social experiment rooted in curiosity and community-shares more than a few parallels with travelling. The answer is instinctive, a part, I suppose, of man’s desire to conquer the universe.” He went on to explain: “ existence is a challenge. His now famous reply was, “Because it’s there.” Mallory wasn’t being entirely flippant. In advance of the climb that would eventually take his life, British mountaineer George Mallory was asked why he persisted in his attempts to summit the world’s highest mountain.
Our desire to leave home and travel to other places is an impulse deeply rooted in our species in fact, it’s the same impulse that makes The Button an itch we have to scratch. If this all sounds absurd, that’s because it is. Dozens of communities, pledges, songs, tributes and lobby groups have grown up around it. Of course, this hasn’t prevented more than 660,000 people from pushing The Button. So, what will happen when it inevitably hits zero? Despite rampant speculation, no one really knows. In the eight days since, Reddit’s community hasn’t let the countdown drop below 34 seconds. As you can probably gather, when someone gives in and presses The Button, the timer resets.
On April 1, users of Reddit awoke to an innocuous button and timer counting down from 60 seconds-and life in one of the Web’s largest communities hasn’t been the same since.
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