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by theandrewbailey 2223 days ago
A Google reviewer can select one of three canned responses to tell a developer what's wrong.

https://www.blog.google/products/gmail/save-time-with-smart-...

Oh, you wanted an artisanal hand-crafted response unique to each individual situation? That's not scalable!

2 comments

I abhor such... dehumanising (for lack of better term) "features" whose advertised benefit is saving time, but has a subtle effect of gradually delegating decisionmaking to someone or something else --- whose goals may not be in your best interests.

Every time you "didn't have to think" is a time when someone else did the thinking for you. Take that too far and there is no you left in your life.

You linked to a blog about an optional feature of Gmail which all Gmail users see. What does that have to do with how reviewers can respond?