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Comment by studentrob

Hmm. Laughter doesn't scale when you're not funny. Plenty of viral YouTube videos have shown that it sure as heck can scale.

The problem with this button is fairly obvious in hindsight. Google injected humor into many people's business and personal worlds where it wasn't wanted or expected.

This article is yet another apologist for what is clearly a lack of foresight by Google.

By the way, I notice society explaining away a lot of behavior by others lately. People seem afraid to criticize products and other people these days.

Let's call this what it is: a massive mistake. Google corrected it as soon as they realized it and apologized. We can move on.

parent studentrob 10 years ago

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