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The Button is an internet website consisting entirely of a single circular button. The button, when pressed, produces one of approximately 200 random outcomes, ranging from viral video redirections to on-screen messages of philosophical depth.
The button has no stated purpose. Its creator has never been identified. Scholars believe it may be a commentary on the human compulsion to press things that glow.
Critics have called it "the purest distillation of internet culture" and "a waste of a perfectly good afternoon." Several universities have attempted to study button-pressing behavior, but the button refused to be studied.
The button's famous red glow has been interpreted as either a warning or an invitation, depending on whether the viewer is the sort of person who reads warning signs.