Remember Quizilla? You can only find it on Internet Archive, now; it was a website seemingly dedicated to goofy personality quizzes. It was one of my favorite sites to go to in the late 2000s/early 2010s. It died on October 1, 2014, and I didn’t even notice, because I was too busy with college. But then, during the pandemic, a new quiz site arose: uQuiz. The quizzes created by users with either care or caution thrown to the wind have spread on Tumblr, TikTok, and Twitter but mostly Tumblr. The strange personality quizzes, either aesthetic or fandom-based — or both — became especially popular during the early months of our long global nightmare, and they are still going strong. Here are a few choice quizzes: Which type of love interest would you be in a dating simulator? What’s your worst personality trait? ladies! tell me you what you’d get sent to a 19th century asylum for what anime character stereotype are you? Yes, I’ve made a few of these, too. They’re fun and easy to make and are highly customizable — you can add images, randomize answers, and more. I have a few hesitations about the platform, though. It’s difficult…
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FANDOM FLAMES: uQuiz reminds us of Quizilla
