I can't believe how short-sighted Gmail's "Drop Mic" April 1 joke is. It replaces the "Send+Archive" button, and attaches GIFs to sent mail.
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WHAT A HARMLESS APRIL FOOL'S JOKE, WHAT COULD GO WRONG pic.twitter.com/Maw8a6VUSA
9:08 PM - 31 Mar 2016 · Details4,163 retweets 2,892 likes
Strange, none of these people seem to share the Gmail team's sense of humor. https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topicsearchin/gmail/%22mic$20drop%22%7Csort:date … pic.twitter.com/60VAp4SZ5P
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Changing sent email like that without confirmation is an incredible betrayal of trust. The damage from this prank is just getting started.
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This woman sent a prayer request to 50 friends and family. After realizing what she sent: "I was mortified." pic.twitter.com/ObyPMpJ94M
9:38 PM - 31 Mar 2016 · Details174 retweets 172 likes - View other replies
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Andy Baio Retweeted Cabel Sasser
Just confirmed this bug. Gmail adds the GIF even when clicking the normal "Send" button. https://twitter.com/cabel/status/715769273545785344 …
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Cabel Sasser @cabel@waxpancake Hilarious AND buggy!?! The ultimate April Fools Day Goof!! What good gaffes and laughs! pic.twitter.com/MqrbtQetW0235 retweets 146 likes - View other replies
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Andy Baio Retweeted Andy Baio
I thought it was super apparent, but just in case—I made this GIF as a cautionary tale/worst-case example. Not real. https://twitter.com/waxpancake/status/715752594551869440 …
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Andy Baio @waxpancakeWHAT A HARMLESS APRIL FOOL'S JOKE, WHAT COULD GO WRONG pic.twitter.com/Maw8a6VUSA52 retweets 56 likes - View other replies
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Google keeps the laughs coming! 24 more hours to go! pic.twitter.com/6WOjjGiZS4
11:56 PM - 31 Mar 2016 · Details713 retweets 462 likes - View other replies
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I did a little testing: Any email sent with "Mic Drop" is immediately and IRREVERSIBLY muted. Replies skip the inbox, with no way to unmute.
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Aaaand, Mic Drop appears to have been taken down. Can anyone else confirm?
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Confirmed: Gmail killed Mic Drop, less than 30 minutes into April 1 on the West Coast. You're welcome, Internet. pic.twitter.com/ijDtGI197Q
12:28 AM - 1 Apr 2016 · Details334 retweets 458 likes - View other replies
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@waxpancake Holy shit, I can’t believe they actually added that as a “feature”, not a fake feature in a press release.5 retweets 53 likes - View other replies
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@gruber@waxpancake Maybe only the sender sees it and it's not really in the email? Maybe? Hopefully?0 retweets 15 likes - View other replies
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@OrinHite@gruber Confirmed that the recipient also sees it. Appends this to the outgoing email. pic.twitter.com/KSVoMsIWNv9:46 PM - 31 Mar 2016 · Details5 retweets 15 likes -
@waxpancake@gruber Well crap. If only on your end might have worked (although some people's follow up apologies would have looked foolish).0 retweets 2 likes - Show more
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@waxpancake Hilarious AND buggy!?! The ultimate April Fools Day Goof!! What good gaffes and laughs! pic.twitter.com/MqrbtQetW010:14 PM - 31 Mar 2016 · Details128 retweets 137 likes - View other replies
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@waxpancake Even worse is that it archives the email, so some users are having a hard time finding email threads after hitting it5 retweets 6 likes - View other replies
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@justkelly_ok I think it's even worse: for me, any replies to a Mic Drop email skip the inbox, even though they're not marked as "muted"?!3 retweets 9 likes - View other replies
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@waxpancake@justkelly_ok Oh jeez. Because the mic has been dropped, GMail mutes replies?! WTF were they thinking?!2 retweets 4 likes -
@RodBegbie@waxpancake They were thinking about being cute and clever rather than how users would be impacted.1 retweet 5 likes
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@waxpancake I find every bit of it hilarious. You are why we cant have nice things.0 retweets 1 like
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