You can't trust the internet on April 1st


Hi Reader,

From hotdog flavored whiskey to IKEA’s meatball lollipops, we cannot trust the internet on April 1st.

I have been working hard for the past 3+ months getting a new quiz up and running. This one uses 100% my own IP (instead of borrowing from Jim Henson).

I spent hours drawing graphics for each result, days designing the dossier style results pages that actually look like files from an archive.

I obsessed over the questions, logo for the fictional agency, all of it.

I was so excited, I even created a Choose Your Own Adventure-style launch sequence that I thought would be a fun adventure leading up to taking the quiz.

However, I sent the first email of the adventure on April 1st.

And apparently it was confusing...

And... I also found out my email service was having an issue at that time, so it's possible the links didn't work.

Triple d'oh!

This is what I get for trying to be clever... 🫣

Lesson learned! Don’t be clever with a launch if you send it out on April 1st. 🤦🏼‍♀️

All this to say...

I have a new quiz!

I hope you'll take it!

Claire 💛

P.S. I launched a new quiz on April 1st with a maybe-too-clever choose your own adventure email. Take the assessment here.

P.P.S. If you want to go through the Choose Your Own Adventure, click here. It's a quicker version, so you don't have to wait for emails to hit your inbox.

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April:

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