#Google mic drop prank archive#

In a statement to TechCrunch, Google said: “Well, it looks like we pranked ourselves this year. The joke: In Gmail, Google added a Mic drop button next to the Reply button in place of the Send and archive button. Google added an option to include an animated GIF of a Minion dropping the mica cocky way. Even when pranksters do it with well-intentions, some of the pranks push it a little too far and as a result, recipients are saddened. You people are ass clowns.”įaced with this backlash Google quickly did some dropping of its own and ditched the Minions option. Google is in hot water with Gmail users after a relatively harmless April Fool’s Day prank went awry. Amongst the (barely) printable of which came from one user who wrote: “This has got to be hands down the most f***edstupid thing I have ever seen done to a business tool. Unfortunately many use Gmail to run their businesses or otherwise hit the prank button without realising it and were understandably less than impressed by the results, sending some of those affected into an apoplectic fury on Google’s product message boards. Replies skip the inbox, with no way to unmute. Andy Baio ApI did a little testing: Any email sent with 'Mic Drop' is immediately and IRREVERSIBLY muted. It replaces the 'Send+Archive' button, and attaches GIFs to sent mail.

I can't believe how short-sighted Gmail's 'Drop Mic' April 1 joke is.