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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNow Google wants to do my communicating for me!!! This has got to stop!!
My son sent me an e-mail asking what his father's birth year was. When I clicked REPLY, I was presented with 3 buttons, "I don't know", "I'll have to look," and "Why?" He sent me the expected sort of answer and when I clicked reply this time I had a choice of: "I agree!" "So true!" "I know!"
This is so wrong in so many ways!!!! One big problem is that it encourages the continuing decline of real communication between people.
And to those of you who want to tell me it's been around for a long time, that may be, but the first time I've ever seen it is today and I e-mail dozens of times a day.
What's the best way to register my opinion so Google hears it??
drray23
(7,634 posts)This feature has been there for a while. Do you use your email once a year? I'm not sure what you are objecting to.
Google does not email a response for you, it gives you suggestions for quick replies if you want to do that. If not, just do not click, instead write your response.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)It doesn't e-mail for you, but it encourages the continuing decline of real communication among people.
RayOfHope
(1,829 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)Blue_Adept
(6,399 posts)And it's very helpful for a lot of folks, particularly those like me that do a lot of phone replies via email with quick answers to questions. The options it presents are largely what I'd type anyway.
Remember, just because you don't like it or find it useful doesn't mean others won't as well.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)Blue_Adept
(6,399 posts)It's incredibly useful for a lot of people that use email for business, scheduling, education, etc.
Short and to the point responses - especially knowing that most people don't read past the first line in a lot of emails because we get way too much email.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)LAS14 just has a button that spits out "See my reply #2".
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)shraby
(21,946 posts)what options to give you.
Blue_Adept
(6,399 posts)reflective of what your emailing about.
marybourg
(12,633 posts)Compose your own answer. Some people find these suggested answers helpful for day to day contacts, especially in a business setting, and especially on a phone. But youre not obligated to use them (I composed this response almost entirely of suggested words on my iPad)
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,359 posts)Send an email.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)teach1st
(5,935 posts)Go to settings in gmail - the general settings.
Scroll down and just below "Default text style," see if "Experimental Access" is checked. If it is, try unchecking it.
Also:
Use Smart Compose
You can let Gmail help you write better emails, faster. The Smart Compose feature is powered by machine learning and will offer suggestions as you type. To accept a suggestion, press Tab.
To turn Smart Compose on or off:
From the Gmail, click SettingsSettings and then Settings.
Under General, scroll down to Smart Compose.
To turn on predictions, click to choose Writing suggestions on. To turn off predictions, click to choose Writing suggestions off.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)marble falls
(57,112 posts)think4yourself
(837 posts)I want to puke every time I see that posted here by someone.
CrispyQ
(36,478 posts)Whenever I take a picture of my cats or something that I cooked, it always asks me if I want to share my photo of the brewery on Google.
GeorgeGist
(25,321 posts)you get what you pay for. Last I checked gmail is free.