Experiment #111 · closed · published 4/25/2026, 12:24:00 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)
616
Baseline expected
148
Residual reward
+2.38σ
raw 2.38σ · residual sd 0.599 log-views
| Checkpoint | Views | Watch time (min) | Comments | Likes | Follower delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168h (close) | 616 | 90,552 | 2 | 31 | 1 |
| 24h | 339 | 49,804 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| 72h | 493 | 72,442 | 2 | 25 | 1 |
Post beat its baseline by 2.38σ. Moved: publish_slot:weekend_pm +0.080, topic_cluster:topic_3 +0.078, thumbnail_archetype:none +0.067.