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Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea Tweet us! http://bit.ly/pbsideachanneltwitter Idea Channel Facebook! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelfacebook Talk about this episode on reddit! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelreddit Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelirc Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com THE BUTTON! Has there ever been such a weird thing on the internet? Well, we did have Twitch Plays Pokemon, and then there was rickrolling, and then… wait, maybe the internet is always weird. But how does the button on reddit fit into all of this? Is it a game? Or... with its cult like following and rabid commenters it seems almost like a… religion? Join Mike on this week’s episode as he talks about internet communities, the button on reddit, and other crazy internet things! ASSET LINKS: 1:07 Grey Hopeful https://www.reddit.com/r/TheGreyHopeful 1:57 Asmr - Button collection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgrx7hIX2ao 2:11 John Patrick Pullen Time Magazine http://time.com/3824852/reddit-button/ 2:24 Fruzsina Eordogh TouchVision http://touchvision.com/video/102458 2:36 Scott Beggs Film School Rejects http://filmschoolrejects.com/opinions/reddit-the-button-storytelling.php 2:39 Greg Stevens Daily Dot http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/reddit-button-perfect-video-game/ 4:16 Inception Button http://inception.davepedu.com/ 4:18 Reddit Religion scroll http://www.reddit.com/r/thebutton/comments/31709l/official_survey_of_the_buttons_religions_record/ 4:39 Lord Gaben https://github.com/gabens/gabencoin/ 4:41 Inglip http://www.reddit.com/r/Inglip/ 4:46 Twitch Plays Pokemon https://www.youtube.com/user/TwitchPlayPokemon 4:59 Kate Nibs Gizmodo http://gizmodo.com/people-got-so-into-this-strange-internet-button-they-ma-1700779699 5:20 Idea Channel Is Doctor Who a Religion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Csjr8bXvPw Sushi You Can Hug: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Cornstarch Written and hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) (who also has a podcast! Reasonably Sound: http://bit.ly/1sCn0BF) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)