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If you were placed in a room with a button and told not to press it, could you fight the temptation? A current Reddit thread is testing its users resolve to do just this by placing a clickable button next to a 60-second timer. When The Button is clicked, the timer resets and it is not yet known what happens when the clock reaches zero because no-one can resist clicking it. More than 730,285 Reddit users have pressed The Button (pictured) since the California firm launched its r/thebutton thread on April Fool's Day. It is not yet known what happens when the timer reaches zero and users can only click The Button once

• Reddit launched its r/thebutton thread on April Fool's Day
• It is accompanied by a timer that counts down from 60 seconds
• When The Button is clicked, the timer resets and the person who pressed it is given a colour that signifies how long they left it before pressing
• It is not known what will happen if the timer drops to zero