Experiment #158 · closed · published 6/29/2026, 8:16:00 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)
104
Baseline expected
160
Residual reward
-0.72σ
raw -0.72σ · residual sd 0.599 log-views
| Checkpoint | Views | Watch time (min) | Comments | Likes | Follower delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168h (close) | 104 | 15,288 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24h | 57 | 8,408 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 72h | 83 | 12,230 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Post missed its baseline by 0.72σ. Moved: topic_cluster:topic_2 -0.030, thumbnail_archetype:before_after -0.030, format:interview -0.025.