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To be honest, while I read reddit daily I have never once seen mention of the button nor do I have any inclination to even go to the sub. so how was this intro

To be honest, while I read reddit daily I have never once seen mention of the button nor do I have any inclination to even go to the sub. so how was this introduced to reddit, it was not on the front page for long if ever. if not for reading here I doubt I would have ever encountered it

detaro 12y ago
> What is the button? > The button is a feature that the popular social media site Reddit introduced on April 1, 2015. It has its own subreddit at /r/thebutton. After April 1st it hasn't been that visible though
- Vivtek 12y ago
  Button-related posts keep making it to /r/all, though (my main Reddit window).
kalyan02 12y ago
It was introduced on 1st of April and was definitely on the frontpage for few days. They also have a blog post [1] about it. [1] http://www.redditblog.com/2015/04/the-button.html http://www.redditblog.com/2015/04/the-button.html
abluecloud 12y ago
it was announced in a blog post, and has featured many times on /r/all, but if you don't ever read /r/all, you wont have read it. It was also most likely featured at some point on trending subs. And if you read a hell of a lot of reddit, you'll see it mentioned elsewhere on the site (like in memes, comments etc)
babuskov 12y ago
There was a blue box on the right side saying "Have you clicked the button?" on most subreddits I read on April 1st.
- gtwy 12y ago
  Most likely, he is blocking ads
  - obituary_latte 12y ago
    It wasn't an ad. Adblock did not affect the "have you clicked the button"...button.
    - kalleboo 12y ago
      It was definitely an ad[0]. But the Reddit subreddit ads I think are excluded from Adblock Plus if you have it set to allow "unobtrusive" ads (which is the default) [0] http://www.reddit.com/r/ads/comments/3181or/did_you_press_the_button/ http://www.reddit.com/r/ads/comments/3181or/did_you_press_th...
      - obituary_latte 12y ago
        Not the button I'm talking about[0]. There must have been ads too, but there was a generic non-ad "Did you press the button" button on the front page in the days following Apr 1[1]. [0] http://web.archive.org/web/20150402105722/http://www.reddit.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20150402105722/http://www.reddit.... [1] http://i.imgur.com/Hvn6AuG.png http://i.imgur.com/Hvn6AuG.png
ozh 12y ago
To be honest, you don't read reddit daily :)

detaro 12y ago

> What is the button? > The button is a feature that the popular social media site Reddit introduced on April 1, 2015. It has its own subreddit at /r/thebutton. After April 1st it hasn't been that visible though

Vivtek 12y ago
Button-related posts keep making it to /r/all, though (my main Reddit window).

kalyan02 12y ago

It was introduced on 1st of April and was definitely on the frontpage for few days. They also have a blog post [1] about it. [1] http://www.redditblog.com/2015/04/the-button.html http://www.redditblog.com/2015/04/the-button.html

abluecloud 12y ago

it was announced in a blog post, and has featured many times on /r/all, but if you don't ever read /r/all, you wont have read it. It was also most likely featured at some point on trending subs. And if you read a hell of a lot of reddit, you'll see it mentioned elsewhere on the site (like in memes, comments etc)

babuskov 12y ago

There was a blue box on the right side saying "Have you clicked the button?" on most subreddits I read on April 1st.

gtwy 12y ago
Most likely, he is blocking ads
- obituary_latte 12y ago
  It wasn't an ad. Adblock did not affect the "have you clicked the button"...button.
  - kalleboo 12y ago
    It was definitely an ad[0]. But the Reddit subreddit ads I think are excluded from Adblock Plus if you have it set to allow "unobtrusive" ads (which is the default) [0] http://www.reddit.com/r/ads/comments/3181or/did_you_press_the_button/ http://www.reddit.com/r/ads/comments/3181or/did_you_press_th...
    - obituary_latte 12y ago
      Not the button I'm talking about[0]. There must have been ads too, but there was a generic non-ad "Did you press the button" button on the front page in the days following Apr 1[1]. [0] http://web.archive.org/web/20150402105722/http://www.reddit.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20150402105722/http://www.reddit.... [1] http://i.imgur.com/Hvn6AuG.png http://i.imgur.com/Hvn6AuG.png

ozh 12y ago

To be honest, you don't read reddit daily :)