Metafilter's big red button.

Click.

We implemented a DIY account-closure feature a while back, and it's been the subject of some morbid interest ever since -- in part from those not quite willing to venture onto the fateful page itself.

(Which is silly, because you have to type in your password, too.)

So, you know, here it is. Doom, in a nice blood red.

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katillathehun says:

[cue "Imperial March"]
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Sara Llama says:

I keep clicking on it, but nothing happens.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

jessamyn says:

You know, I had never seen it before now.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

rtha says:

I've been afraid to look at the real thing....afraid it would tempt me....Nah.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

dg says:

Somehow, I thought it would be bigger. And redder. You know, more threatening.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

quonsar says:

mine was yaller.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

nikki g says:

I thought it would be round.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

layne v says:

It's... it's sort of mesmerizing, like... an oncoming pair of headlights in the other lane on a rainy country road at three in the morning...
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Ambrosia Voyeur says:

Huh. Mine says "You look hot today."
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Plutor says:

Mine's blinking and says I'm the 1,000,000th visitor!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

terrapin says:

Mine mentions something about punching a monkey... or a cortex.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

devils rancher says:

I was going to close my account, but it blinked on and off, like that red warning light in The Andromeda Strain, and I had a petit mal seizure that prevented me from clicking it.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Sidereal says:

This is my new desktop wallpaper.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

mygothlaundry says:

I think it should be round. Or oval. And blinking, and humming softly to itself.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Jesus H. Shatner says:

Maybe we should loop a recording of a really subtle, low-volume voice saying "do it...dooooooo iiiiiiit...".
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

richat says:

I am oddly curious to know how many have clicked on the button. I've never seen it either, but I don't go looking for stuff too often either. Huh.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

mjd-s says:

ooooooo
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

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