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> which uncritically parrots Google "Get the Message" PR campaign. You're misunderstanding the order of events here. "I don't talk to green bubbles" has been a
by pkulak 4y ago
> which uncritically parrots Google "Get the Message" PR campaign.
You're misunderstanding the order of events here. "I don't talk to green bubbles" has been a thing for at least five years now, which Google has very recently used in an ad campaign.
- snowwrestler 4y agoHave you ever actually used Messages? “I don’t talk to green bubbles” can’t be a thing because your own messages are the ones that are blue or green. The bubbles for everyone else (the people you are talking to) are always all the same color: dark grey.
- CharlesW 4y ago> "I don't talk to green bubbles" has been a thing for at least five years now… Almost always as a joke. And if you search HN, nearly all conversations about this PR-manufactured "green bubbles" outrage have happened since the launch of Google's campaign.
- pkulak 4y agoNearly all the conversations about the PR have been since the PR? I don't doubt it. I'm saying the green bubbles thing has existed since long before that. Google ticked it up a bit, but come on. Let's not give Google PR too much credit here: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=green%20bubbles https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge...