Experiment #104 · closed · published 4/14/2026, 5:40:00 PM
Creative features
Confounds the baseline knew
Raw views mostly measure how big the channel already was. The baseline predicts what this channel “should” have earned given the confounds above; the residual is how the post actually landed relative to that prediction — measured in standard deviations.
Observed (168h)
151
Baseline expected
108
Residual reward
+0.55σ
raw 0.55σ · residual sd 0.599 log-views
| Checkpoint | Views | Watch time (min) | Comments | Likes | Follower delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168h (close) | 151 | 47,565 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 24h | 83 | 26,161 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 72h | 121 | 38,052 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Post beat its baseline by 0.55σ. Moved: hook_type:story_cold_open +0.017, format:tutorial +0.017, length_bucket:10_20m +0.016.