/r/Blankness is outnumbered hugely by the 20something other subreddits, and the flairless aren't even united. We have at least 3 subreddits for nearly the same thing. How do we let the pushers and non-pushers know about the right path? And how can we unite the flairless? discuss.

For too long we have allowed this button to turn us against each other. Purple, blue, grey, were all simply redditors who must be united in making reddit better, not fighting over arbitrary colors. white, our flair, is the combination of all colors. Because we accept all flairs, and treat all flairs as the same. The button was created so /u/powerlanguage can watch reddit burn, so he can watch us fight. Don't let that happen, join me and uncheck that box remove your difference and let your true self shine through.

Many will claim that we are simply 59's who want to feel special, which is exactly why we must unite! Our brotherhood contains purples, grays, and hopefully one day will contain all colors. There is nothing wrong with a 59 turned no flair, because that is a person who wants to make reddit a better place.

on the followers of the shade: We have one thing in common with the shade, the idea that it will be better when the timer ends. However, they use their dogma as an excuse for war, and their "prophets" are simply trying to spark violence for their own power.

on the early pressers/flair hunters: This is the worst group from our eyes. Not only do they fight against the gray, but they fight amongst themselves! The segregate their community into 60's: the highest of the purples, who scapegoat the next level of purples, the 59's, in order to make themselves better. A new group emerges from this: the Blues. The blues are small in number, and are flaunting their new fame. Soon they will grow and fight others and fight amongst themselves just like the purples.

on the knights of the button: This group is quite honorable, yet misguided. I believe we have a lot in common with them, actually. They fight, not against others, but to continue the game. They do not seek fame or flair color, but work together towards a common goal. This goal is wrong. The game must end. The timer must hit 0. After the timer hits 0, will we be a wasteland of random colors, wondering what it was all for? Or will we be a community, knowing we are all the same, ready to continue in the new, button-less world?

Think about that, the purples of this subreddit, the blues, the grays, the future orange, reds, and greens who will look back on this post. The button was designed to make us turn on each other, don't let that happen, show /u/powerlanguage that we are better than this. There are not two choices: push or don't, there is a third, work together and join the non-Flairs!

Hello. I am a grey. And I will, for I assume a rather long time, identify as a grey. I will not push the button, and I have followed the Shade for as long as The Button remembers.

However, my former brethren follow a dark path. A path of hate and grief. While pressing is not my calling, I see no need whatsoever to shame and flog those who do.

I dream of a world where colour does not matter, a world where our flairs cannot divide us. Therefore, I will now join in the blankness.

Some may call me traitor. Some may call me coward. I will call myself nothing. I will just be, and accept all others who are as well.

http://www.reddit.com/r/thebutton/comments/31h07f/oc_whose_side_are_you_on_round_2/

http://www.reddit.com/r/thebutton/comments/31jaan/the_complete_game_of_buttons_oc/

1. Do not hate your fellow redditors for how they chose to serve the button.

2. Remove your flair so that we can all be Brothers in the Blank.

3. Spread the word to your fellow redditors, so that they too may see the light that is the Blankness.

4. Rejoice in the knowledge that the Blank has given you peace, and has freed you from the division that the button has unwittingly created.

5. Do not hate the button, nor its creators, for their goal was not to divide us, but to create a button for us to use.

6. Always remember, that whether you pressed or did not press the button, your actions have served it.

The Button has not been placed here for us to serve it, to feed it clicks.

It has been placed here to enjoy, for all of us to click and gamble for flair, or to withhold like chaste monks and revel in our self-control.

No, my siblings, I do not serve the Button, for it is not something to have power over me. I have used The Button as I have seen fit, so it has bent to MY will, as it has bent to all of yours.

The past few days of contemplation, I have seen division grow among our fellow Redditors as they try to make sense of The Button. Groups have formed, tensions flaired as they have spit vitriol and spite at one another in an effort to proclaim that their way is best.

We, we few that have cast off the labels, cast off the judgment, will be seen as anarchists in a system designed to divide. We may be welcome, we may be spurned, but regardless, we must spread the message of equality, of peace, of /r/blankness

May the colors fade from all flair, XDisk

I love seeing our movement grow. I just did a test - I went to 3 random comment threads from the front page of /r/thebutton and in each one there was at least one comment from a Flairless, more frequently, multiple. I am proud of our presence and I see the quality of users the Blankness attracts. I'm proud of the work and how we act in The Button. Let Peace guide us. /r/blankness welcomes you.

I see no flairless brethen at the sub anymore... Everyone carries their flair proudly and bickers, where is everbody?

When I started this movement a few days ago, it's goal was to try to bring some amount of peace to the ever growing conflict that was raging over the button. I never thought it would catch on, I've seen how reddit can get when things of this nature occur. But none the less, I felt that someone should at least try to advocate for peace, and figured I was as good a person to do so as anyone else. So I started Blankness, the idea of removing your flair and reuniting with your fellow redditors whether they pressed the button or not. First, it was just me. People scoffed, said their flair made them better than me and ridiculed the idea of peace. But slowly, people saw the movement and joined. It was small at first, only about 10 or so. But we went out and spread the word to as many as we could. Slowly, more and more people joined. I'd get off for a while for work or other real life things, then come back and see our numbers had doubled. Now, we have almost 100 followers, out there spreading the word of peace to all redditors at r/thebutton. But this movement isn't just about peace for your fellow redditors and their choices about what to do with a button that was put up on the internet as an April Fools prank (seriously, why is it there and what's going to happen when it eventually hits zero?!). It's about showing peace and love for your fellow human being, regardless of who they are or what they do. We live in a world were people fight and hate each other over race, religion, sexual orientation, and so many other things that divide us. I don't know any of you, on reddit you're just username for people to see and interact with. But behind that username is a human being, and each and every one of us is different. And despite any differences that there might be between us, we've all managed to come together, in the hopes that we might spread a little peace to people. My hope is that long after the button is gone and none of us can even remember it, the same message of peace that we're spreading now over a button and your fellow redditor will carry on into a message of peace between you and your fellow human being. So keep up the good work everyone, keep spreading the word of peace and guiding others to our movement! And thanks to all of you, for restoring my faith in humanity a little bit.

My account is older than April 1st, and I haven't pressed the button... what has happened to me?

It has been a delight to find similar sub reddits that see past the illusions of The Button. It seems most of us heard the calling around the same time and have collectively sought peace despite that which would seek to separate us. I near immediately subscribed after reading "Our Goal".

Come over to /r/Buttonhism and read The Noble Truths to see what we're about.

May we all be free from temptation, the button and hate.

-Vadar Bhikkhu

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on the early pressers/flair hunters: This is the worst group from our eyes. Not only do they fight against the gray, but they fight amongst themselves! The segregate their community into 60's: the highest of the purples, who scapegoat the next level of purples, the 59's, in order to make themselves better. A new group emerges from this: the Blues. The blues are small in number, and are flaunting their new fame. Soon they will grow and fight others and fight amongst themselves just like the purples.

This is not how you live to serve blankness! If we were truly blank in our hearts we would see past how they fight themselves and instead guide them gently to the only true way to live peacefully!