Experiment #150 · closed · published 6/18/2026, 10:59:00 AM
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)
67
Baseline expected
120
Residual reward
-0.97σ
raw -0.97σ · residual sd 0.599 log-views
| Checkpoint | Views | Watch time (min) | Comments | Likes | Follower delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168h (close) | 67 | 3,518 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24h | 37 | 1,935 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 72h | 54 | 2,814 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Post missed its baseline by 0.97σ. Moved: topic_cluster:topic_6 -0.022, thumbnail_archetype:before_after -0.013, format:shorts -0.012.