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The Game That Knows You

Live from a 2003 TV ad: the Inbox-O-Matic! Absurd emails slide in (a hovercraft you won, a fondue set, a self-stirring mug) and you file each one: Keep, Archive or Spam. Your host Zip smiles a lot. Then the show gets personal: it knows the time on your device, your first name and your score here yesterday, and short black breaks talk to you between rounds. Everything it knows stays in your browser.

3 levels
Email triage

How to play

Keep. A person you know needs an answer from you.
Archive. Just for the record: receipts, confirmations, a newsletter you signed up for.
Spam. A prize you never entered, a big rush, or it asks for a code, a password or money.
Keys and touch. Tap a button, or press 1, 2, 3 (or ← ↓ →).
Score. 100 per right call, up to 50 more for speed and up to 50 for a streak. Five rounds; sort 70% right to win the show.

Quick tips

Ask three questions. Does a person I know need an answer? Keep. Is it just for the record? Archive. Is it rushing me, or asking for a code, a password or money? Spam.
Names aren't proof. On Intermediate and Expert, a friend's name can ask for a code. The request decides, not the name.

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