Hello everyone - I hope you enjoyed the first season of The Button! I certainly did 😀
Below are some stats based on Season 1, which I hope you find interesting!
The Button — 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!
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?!?
Put it in the piggy bank and use the interests to have multiple presses on the next event!
same here :D
At no point did any of us in purple gang worry we were going to lose.
I got a little nervous when I saw green start closing in, but I had faith
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.
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!
58 instances is actually so cool. Wow.
I thought this was really awesome. Fun custom events like this are a great method of promoting the fediverse since people have to join to participate.
@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!
Thank you, I’m really glad people enjoyed it! :)
Well, I’m feeling a bit Blue that my team lost, but we’ll be back stronger than ever next season!
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.
Well since purple is red and blue combined, I’m pretty sure we both actually won and that’s definitely NOT cope.
Yay for the blue!
Can I ask what stack you used to program this? The live updates were really smooth
Backend is rust with axum framework, Frontend is Sveltekit, the profile auth is python :) All sits in docker.
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!
Looks like the few seconds I took away from green came in clutch.
It was SO close - if there had been one more green player, I think we would’ve won
I missed this but have a vague recollection of something like this… anyone have an ELI5?
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
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.
Sadly I missed it. Til next time
Nice!
Loved the whole thing! Poor friend solace had a proposal at the beginning of the game that we should all abstain from clicking the button. I read it and decided to click anyway.
Glad you enjoyed it! I did think for a little bit at the start that no one was going to press it, then loads of people pressed it at once!
🐌🐌 🟣
