Astral Codex Ten

GMail

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GMail

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GMail is a recurring brand in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between February 02, 2023 and June 28, 2023. The archive places it in contexts such as “so-and-so has a GMail account or Facebook page and has gotten lots of normal-looking messages over many years”; “I can no longer write things on Gmail”; “I have to compose on Notepad and then copy-paste to the Gmail window”. It most often appears alongside Google, Substack, Act Blue.

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  • Category: Brands
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: February 02, 2023
  • Last seen: June 28, 2023

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Mostly Skeptical Thoughts On The Chatbot Propaganda Apocalypse
February 02, 2023 · Original source
Sites could ask for proof of humanity. I don’t know how this will work in the future: drivers licenses can be faked, videos can be spoofed. Worst case scenario, I think megacorporations like Google and Facebook could offer this as a service - so-and-so has a GMail account or Facebook page and has gotten lots of normal-looking messages over many years.
Every Flashing Element On Your Site Alienates And Enrages Users
June 28, 2023 · Original source
An unblockable moving status bar that switches every few seconds between different messages about the product! This is what they think the people most obsessed with blocking flashing/changing elements on websites want! This new “show a constantly-moving status bar on screen to tell you when they will change another flashing element” thing has also made it onto the front page of Bing, although luckily you can dismiss it there. I would have expected Google to resist. They haven’t. I can no longer write things on Gmail - I have to compose on Notepad and then copy-paste to the Gmail window - because they’ve made it look like this: It cycles between these every few seconds, irregularly, as long as I keep typing. It baffles me that these companies will spend millions of dollars optimizing every aspect of their user interface, then add one completely unnecessary feature that ensures I will never spend more than the absolute minimum possible amount of time using their product. I know I’m not the only person who hates this, because when I Google it, I find Gmail help forum threads like: How do I get rid of the blinking “Draft Saved” message?
Inline links: made it onto the front page of Bing, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5nxp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd94695d7-f8b4-4f34-90f3-7fd686899f21_1110x494.png, How do I get rid of the blinking “Draft Saved” message?
It cycles between these every few seconds, irregularly, as long as I keep typing. It baffles me that these companies will spend millions of dollars optimizing every aspect of their user interface, then add one completely unnecessary feature that ensures I will never spend more than the absolute minimum possible amount of time using their product. I know I’m not the only person who hates this, because when I Google it, I find Gmail help forum threads like: How do I get rid of the blinking “Draft Saved” message?
Inline links: How do I get rid of the blinking “Draft Saved” message?
How do I delete the words “Draft Saved” from the Gmail box?
Inline links: How do I delete the words “Draft Saved” from the Gmail box?