It's all fun and games until a GIF loses you your job.
Perhaps Google should've seen this one coming. For , that annual celebration of brand desperation, Google's Gmail team debuted the "Mic Drop" feature. A bright orange button next to the regular send button would let you send your message and attach a little GIF of a minion dropping the mic.
Hilarious! Except when you don't see the pop-up warning and accidentally attach whimsical animations to an important work-related email. Gmail's is packed with posts from angry users, including some purporting to have or even over an inappropriately timed dropping of the mic.
The situation wasn't helped by the Mic Drop button having taken over the spot usually reserved for "Send and Archive" in Gmail's web interface. If you're used to hitting this button, muscle memory could have easily led you astray. When you're talking about a service relied on by hundreds of millions of people, that's a recipe for bad times.
As such, it's now been pulled, leaving "Mic Drop" as yet another cautionary tale for major tech firms on April 1.
Stay safe out there.
