{"id":77415,"date":"2016-04-01T02:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=77415"},"modified":"2016-04-01T13:37:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T20:37:27","slug":"google-april-fools-backfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/google-april-fools-backfire\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Makes an Epic April Fool of Themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"

April Fools? More like April fails<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Google has apologized for a Gmail prank that totally backfired. Yesterday the company introduced the “Mic Drop” function on their email service. Upon completing an email you could click the “Mic Drop” button and a little yellow minion dropping a microphone would appear, after which the conversation would be muted. (Meaning that you wouldn’t receive any more correspondence from the thread, and future responses would not show up in your inbox.)<\/p>\n

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This all sounds fine and harmless until you realize that the “Mic Drop” button was located right next to the normal “send” button, highlighted in bright orange with only a small picture of a microphone to distinguish it from the real one. Oh, and keep in mind that Gmail has 900 million active users, and we’re willing to bet that a large number of those people use it for business.<\/p>\n

While some loved it…<\/p>\n

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Gmail Mic Drop. The email function I never knew I needed and now the only response I'll ever send. pic.twitter.com\/yqGTqSwvE5<\/a><\/p>\n

— travis lupick (@tlupick) April 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n