By THE CRIMSON STAFF [Editorial, Harvard Crimson] – It really was sweet of you to switch Harvard College email accounts to Google’s email client. However, upon further reflection, it seems to us that this shift will only result in more inconveniences for the daily life of the average Harvard student, an already overburdened and drastically underappreciated demographic.
Consider: everyone already has an established Gmail already, and, with a second account, there will now have to be an annoying and delicate dance between the two. Just think of the forwarding issues! Should one forward one’s school email from one Gmail account to another Gmail account? Or should one keep—and consistently check—two separate Gmail accounts at the same time? That just seems absurd. If one opts for forwarding between the two, what about the transferring of contacts from one account to another? How on earth is that supposed to work?…
Although everyone says it’s the thought that counts, we feel compelled to point out that this change—as well as any change to the status quo or, for that matter, any maintenance of the status quo—will only further inconvenience our lot as Harvard students in 2011. It seems that this, along with so many others, is yet another cross we will have to bear.
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