I work for a scientific publisher. For April fool's this year we sent an email to all staff saying that to adjust to the realities of today's publishing industr

I work for a scientific publisher. For April fool's this year we sent an email to all staff saying that to adjust to the realities of today's publishing industry, we would now start rewriting article titles into the more fashionable style. If they could also rework the contents into listicle form, that would be great. It was not well received, so it worked as expected?