Online races against Google’s April Fools – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): Each April 1st comes countless companies and newspapers out with jokes, and every year leave thousands fooled.

However, it is not everyone who can take a joke, at least not those who let themselves be affected by Google’s foolishness that day.

Search engine mail service, Gmail, introduced a new way to answer email to be a joke.

in instead of responding normally, you could send an animation, or a so-called GIF, of a “minion” who loses a microphone on the ground. It symbolized that one does not want any further contact.

Breeds

The yellow “minion” -figurene known from the film “Despicable Me.”

Selected one this option was all mail correspondence with the recipient canceled abruptly.

The service would only be an innocent joke, so the company had not foreseen that this was going to cost people jobs.

There are in fact one of the consequences this joke had about we believe users of Google forum.

According to The Telegraph writes a user forum that this ruined prospects for a job the person wanted.

“I just sent an email with my CV to the first person who wanted to hire me for several months. I clicked the wrong button and sent Gifen microphone that fell. Think not just I get this job, “explains the user.

Moreover, the user that this probably results in tears and that one wrong click should not be able to destroy his career.

Several other write about similar experiences in the forum, according to the newspaper.

“Fuck”

The users of Twitter has also said its April Fools’ Day.

Larry Barnes of Arizona, who call themselves @youthminister, rage against function from.

“Shit. Did you know that Gmail has a drop microphone button that makes you never get answers to emails in the thread? Well, I used it just in a job thread, “writes the user.

” My God, Gmail has added a aprilsnarr a minion who drop a microphone next to the submit button. This does not end well! “Writes user @DaveOshry.

Several users also claimed that there is a bug in the function that allows Gifen settles on when you press the real submit button.

Sorry

After feedback in social media chose Google Friday morning to pull the service, for the benefit of anyone who might click a little quickly when they are online.

In Gmail Blog explains that service probably created more trouble than laughter.

“It looks like we wondered ourselves this year. Because of an error made microphone drop Inga more chaos than laughter. We’re really sorry. The service is now inactive. If you still see it, you need to load your mail again, “according to the Web page.

Millions rang

This is not the first time a joke fails. In 2013 it was Justin Bieber who stood for the point which created most buzz.

Bieber out a message to his followers on Twitter, where he encouraged the fans to call him for a chat.

> “As I have promised, I take all fan phones today. You can call me at (800) 847 9869. We’ll talk! “Tweeted Bieber.

The fans, however, did not know was that this phone number is not led directly to the great charm cursor iPhone, but the tips phone website TMZ.com.

Calls were namely celebrity website that had to pay for.

Eventually superstar forced to remove twitter message, but the damage was already done. The fans had already captured the challenge, and it was forwarded around the net.

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