Are they helping out anyone or just people that complain loudly? My gmail has been killing me lately.
Are you internet famous and have a blog that people read? Then "Yes"!
My Gmail is fast again
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#12Yeaah, but my HN is still slow.
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#13Or in other words, yet another example of: "How to get meaningful support from Google" - be an internet personality in a community with enough clout to make noise - write blog post - wait - profit?? :) Seriously, though, glad it was all worked out (and, more to the point, we now have a teeny tiny indication as to where this issue stems from - for other users with problems)
Gmail team already said that they are aware of the problem and they are working on it, way before his blog post. Some problems are not easy fix and no amount of blog posts by internet celebrities will speed up a solution significantly.
This problem was very easy to fix: move his account to another server. It took an amount of one blog post to trigger the solution. He got special attention.
Remember that facebook non-deleted picture discussed yesterday?
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1400128
It's 404 now. I suspect (purely guessing) they specifically took that one picture down, but did not also "solve" the problem that left it there in the first place.
I quit a social network a few years ago, but they would not delete my account. So I logged in and changed my name to something like NameOfSocialNetworkRefusesToDeleteMyAccount. And vi-ola, the account disappeared in a day or so.
The embarrassing wheel gets the grease.
Re: My Gmail is fast again
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Gmail team already said that they are aware of the problem and they are working on it, way before his blog post. Some problems are not easy fix and no amount of blog posts by internet celebrities will speed up a solution significantly.
This problem was very easy to fix: move his account to another server. It took an amount of one blog post to trigger the solution. He got special attention. Remember that facebook non-deleted picture discussed yesterday? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1400128 It's 404 now. I suspect (purely guessing) they specifically took that one picture down, but did not also "solve" the problem that left it there in the firs…
Its a temp solution to his problem so that they can shut him up and work on the actual problem. They still have to find a solution to the problem.
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#15This is ridiculous, my ex-girlfriend once had this problem and she emailed support (I suggested her to do that) and got fixed.
This guy said he tried to send a support request to gmail but I bet he didn't. He said he had trouble finding the forms but even my ex found them.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
This problem was very easy to fix: move his account to another server. It took an amount of one blog post to trigger the solution. He got special attention. Remember that facebook non-deleted picture discussed yesterday? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1400128 It's 404 now. I suspect (purely guessing) they specifically took that one picture down, but did not also "solve" the problem that left it there in the firs…
Its a temp solution to his problem so that they can shut him up and work on the actual problem. They still have to find a solution to the problem.
My point exactly.
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#17This is ridiculous, my ex-girlfriend once had this problem and she emailed support (I suggested her to do that) and got fixed. This guy said he tried to send a support request to gmail but I bet he didn't. He said he had trouble finding the forms but even my ex found them.
I emailed support.
Re: My Gmail is fast again
#18i hope they can move all others accounts, including mine, to a different set of servers
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Gmail team already said that they are aware of the problem and they are working on it, way before his blog post. Some problems are not easy fix and no amount of blog posts by internet celebrities will speed up a solution significantly.
This problem was very easy to fix: move his account to another server. It took an amount of one blog post to trigger the solution. He got special attention. Remember that facebook non-deleted picture discussed yesterday? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1400128 It's 404 now. I suspect (purely guessing) they specifically took that one picture down, but did not also "solve" the problem that left it there in the firs…
don't mean to be a (french) grammar nazi, but it's spelled "voilà"
"voila" (without the accent) would be perfectly acceptable as well.
sorry! :)
Re: My Gmail is fast again
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
This problem was very easy to fix: move his account to another server. It took an amount of one blog post to trigger the solution. He got special attention. Remember that facebook non-deleted picture discussed yesterday? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1400128 It's 404 now. I suspect (purely guessing) they specifically took that one picture down, but did not also "solve" the problem that left it there in the firs…
don't mean to be a (french) grammar nazi, but it's spelled "voilà" "voila" (without the accent) would be perfectly acceptable as well. sorry! :)
Yeah, "viola" is a small musical instrument.