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How can this not get fixed after 10 years? You'd have to assume that googlers use their own Calendar, so why aren't they out with pitchforks to incentivize the
by scholia 10y ago
How can this not get fixed after 10 years? You'd have to assume that googlers use their own Calendar, so why aren't they out with pitchforks to incentivize the programmers? Do the in-house Calendar feeds get refreshed every hour or so?
- gdulli 10y agoSometimes when I use a Google product other than search I wonder if it's more cynical to believe it's in the state it's in because they don't dogfood it, or because they do but they still don't care.
- nevir 10y agoIt's probably a real pain in the ass to fix - with some dumb tech debt reasons why. But, what's probably contributing the most to it is how Google incentivizes people internally. The promotion process is tied very heavily towards launching new features. Maintaining existing products is (often) a bit of a career dead end for Googlers. It's safer to chase some new and shiny feature.
- smhg 10y agoFWIW: Facebook's events feed syncs quite fast in Google Calendar. Certainly a lot faster than feeds of less known sources. My naive assumption is that they prioritize by popularity?