I only heard about it after it was turned off, and spent my time since wondering if the news stories about the feature were the prank. (That is, that it didn’t actually happen and Google merely announced they were turning off a feature that never existed… a kind of meta-prank as it were.)
I too was curious whether the complaints themselves were the joke, but I caught it early enough that I was able to verify the existence of the feature before it was pulled. It was definitely real. (And I tested its effect on outgoing email, it wasn’t just a different-colored button.)
I only heard about it after it was turned off, and spent my time since wondering if the news stories about the feature were the prank. (That is, that it didn’t actually happen and Google merely announced they were turning off a feature that never existed… a kind of meta-prank as it were.)
I too was curious whether the complaints themselves were the joke, but I caught it early enough that I was able to verify the existence of the feature before it was pulled. It was definitely real. (And I tested its effect on outgoing email, it wasn’t just a different-colored button.)