Experiment #169 · closed · published 7/15/2026, 8:43:00 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)
333
Baseline expected
150
Residual reward
+1.33σ
raw 1.33σ · residual sd 0.599 log-views
| Checkpoint | Views | Watch time (min) | Comments | Likes | Follower delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168h (close) | 333 | 104,895 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| 24h | 183 | 57,692 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 72h | 266 | 83,916 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
Post beat its baseline by 1.33σ. Moved: topic_cluster:topic_5 +0.059, hook_type:demo_first +0.036, format:tutorial +0.030.