Experiment #156 · closed · published 6/27/2026, 2:44:00 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)
167
Baseline expected
178
Residual reward
-0.11σ
raw -0.11σ · residual sd 0.599 log-views
| Checkpoint | Views | Watch time (min) | Comments | Likes | Follower delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168h (close) | 167 | 52,605 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 24h | 92 | 28,933 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 72h | 134 | 42,084 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Post missed its baseline by 0.11σ. Moved: topic_cluster:topic_4 -0.035, publish_slot:weekend_pm -0.024, hook_type:story_cold_open -0.022.