Experiment #183 · closed · published 8/4/2026, 8:30:00 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)
72
Baseline expected
161
Residual reward
-1.35σ
raw -1.35σ · residual sd 0.599 log-views
| Checkpoint | Views | Watch time (min) | Comments | Likes | Follower delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168h (close) | 72 | 3,780 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24h | 40 | 2,079 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 72h | 58 | 3,024 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Post missed its baseline by 1.35σ. Moved: topic_cluster:topic_3 -0.046, publish_slot:weekday_late -0.043, thumbnail_archetype:none -0.035.