Experiment #118 · closed · published 5/4/2026, 12:47:00 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)
84
Baseline expected
150
Residual reward
-0.97σ
raw -0.97σ · residual sd 0.599 log-views
| Checkpoint | Views | Watch time (min) | Comments | Likes | Follower delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168h (close) | 84 | 44,100 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24h | 46 | 24,255 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 72h | 67 | 35,280 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Post missed its baseline by 0.97σ. Moved: topic_cluster:topic_7 -0.058, format:list -0.043, length_bucket:20m_plus -0.029.