Does The 'Close Door' Button Actually Work?

Rachel Plotnick discusses the development of buttons and what they reveal about our interactions with technology.

Main Elevator Inc. - It's sad to say, but the close door button is mostly there to make you feel better. It usually only works with a key.

Does the elevator close door button really work? - ABC7 San Francisco

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The open elevator door button puts kindness at our fingertips - The Verge

Why do “useless buttons” such as the elevator closing button and crosswalk button exist? - Quora

heavy pharmacist convergence pushing on my buttons film Personification Dirty

Close-door buttons DO work in British lifts… but not in US elevators

Placebo Buttons – You Are Not So Smart

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