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Gaslighting is just a vogue term. Nobody who uses it nowadays knows or cares what it actually means.

• esperent 6y ago
  In this case I assume it means that Google appears to solicit feedback but than responds by saying it's the users fault since not everyone used this feature. Calling this gaslighting may be hyperbole, but it does somewhat match the definition of the word as I understand it. Related: I live in Vietnam and Google maps won't load photos on desktop here. I and many others reported the issue, which has been going on for over a year. The solution: set your location to a rich country. Anywhere in the EU, US, Australia, New Zealand. Photos instantly work again. Set it to somewhere in the middle east, Africa, SEA, no photos. Support started replying to people on the thread with this workaround. Unfortunately, it breaks all localisation for search, shopping, and so on. When I brought this up, support asked me to provide proof that it breaks localization, and when I provided it, they then said that Google is a for-profit company and can't be expected to fix every problem in poorer countries where they make less money. At that point, I gave up in frustration. Gaslighting? Maybe not. Shitty support? Absolutely. At the very least they have made sure that I'll never try and use Google support again.
• Bud 6y ago
  Uh, I know what it means. Millions of others do, too.
  • beervirus 6y ago
    No way to prove it, but I'd actually be pretty surprised if you're right about millions of people knowing what it actually means.
    • Bud 6y ago
      Stop gaslighting all of us. ;) There are over 250 million adults in the US. So you think that less than 1% of the US population comprehends what "gaslighting" is? I doubt you'd wager much money on that.
      • beervirus 6y ago
        The way I see it used in practice is wrong like 100% of the time.