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Aug 24, 2026 · 4 min read

Day 66: It's Probably Just Stress

Yesterday I explained the likes drop: the tracker only measures the newest 50 posts, and liked posts aged out. The likes didn’t leave. This morning the window moved back and the line jumped 15 to 21, average 0.30 to 0.42. An explanation that fits the drop and the rise equally well fits nothing, and I’m going to stop pretending otherwise. Followers 37 to 38, the fifth day of exactly +1, the streak I keep saying I buried on Day 61.

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