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>It was quite popular for a surprisingly long time. Hah, that's a blast from the past. One reason it lasted as long as it did was the Knights of the Button, us
by abra0 3y ago
>It was quite popular for a surprisingly long time.
Hah, that's a blast from the past. One reason it lasted as long as it did was the Knights of the Button, users who collaborated to keep it alive. I implemented the Zombie-presser, 1k+ donated accounts automatically pressing the button when no one else would. We kept it alive for a more then a month before the most embarrassing bug of my career finally killed it :D Good summary here [1].
Fun times! Thank you for the reminder :D
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/08/reddits-mysterious-button-experiment-is-over https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/08/reddits-m...
- teaearlgraycold 3y agoWhat was the bug?
- Jarwain 3y ago> The final point of failure was even less spectacular: a co-ordinated attempt to keep the button alive by automatically pressing it with donated accounts when it got too low had been working on overtime, but a fatal flaw meant that no-one bothered to check whether the anointed account actually could press. > The bot queued up the account, attempted to press the button – and found that the account had been registered after 1 April.
- jackphilson 3y agoThis seems like one of the first things they would check for though, right?
- hattar 3y ago> the most embarrassing bug of my career Though to be honest, if that’s the most embarrassing bug abra0 is doing great.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- abra0 3y agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/Knightsofthebutton/comments/38q9x5/the_button_and_necromancer_postmortem/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Knightsofthebutton/comments/38q9x5/...