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WanderingEng  ·  3150 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Google disables April fool joke amid user fury after prank backfires

    The company told the Guardian: “Well, it looks like we pranked ourselves this year. 😟"

I have to assume The Guardian's quote is verbatim. Did Google really use an emoji in an official response? I know language is malleable, and is this the new normal?





user-inactivated  ·  3150 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I get emails from professional men and women in their 40s and 50s with emoticons more often than I'd like to think about. I think, indeed, this is becoming the new normal. :/

user-inactivated  ·  3149 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Does that bother you? If so, why?

user-inactivated  ·  3149 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It strikes me as unprofessional and often points to a person that for one reason or another might be a bit difficult to work with communication wise.