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I thought so too, at first, but it's getting a lot of seemingly-real coverage. http://time.com/4278950/april-fools-gmail-mic-drop/ http://time.com/4278950/apri
by Tenhundfeld 11y ago
I thought so too, at first, but it's getting a lot of seemingly-real coverage.
http://time.com/4278950/april-fools-gmail-mic-drop/ http://time.com/4278950/april-fools-gmail-mic-drop/
http://fortune.com/2016/04/01/google-mic-drop/ http://fortune.com/2016/04/01/google-mic-drop/
http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/1/11344044/google-gmail-mic-drop-button-april-fool http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/1/11344044/google-gmail-mic-d...
Now, they could be in on the joke and/or all just picking up the original story and parroting it without any fact checking. I'm still hoping the real prank here was getting the media to cover a fake prank, but I'm becoming less sure of my instincts.
- bmj 11y agoIt's also worth noting that I saw the button in my GMail interface early this morning (as well as the little pop-up explaining it), and now, a few hours later, that button is gone, and it is still very much 1 April. I would think if the backlash was just part of the joke, the button would still be there.
- Tenhundfeld 11y agoYeah, okay, that sounds pretty conclusive. When I replied, I hadn't yet seen a non-jokey-sounding report of a real person saying they'd experienced it. That sucks – both because the apparent negative impact on real people's lives and because I was really hoping it was an elaborate prank on the media.
- nommm-nommm 11y agoCan confirm it's not a joke. I have the button in my gmail still (hasn't gone away for me)