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The post went out from an account with 5.4M followers and was seen by fewer people than follow the account. Accounts of that size usually reach 2.4 times their following.

This one did not get far past the people who already followed it. It ranks 348 of 611 launches from accounts that size. Against every launch in the directory it sits at 1.6 times the median of 688K views.

Quote posts led, 196 of them at 1.8 per 10,000 views against a median of 1.3. People were adding their own take, which is how a launch gets argued about and carried into audiences the account does not have.

Bookmarks: 431. Reposts: 348. One bookmark for every 6.2 likes is a low ratio for a launch, and reads as entertainment more than intent.

The post opens with “ChatGPT Go is rolling out globally in every country where ChatGPT is available”. It carries no media, which leaves the ranking model nothing to hold a reader with past the first line.

The copy runs 46 words, about the usual length for a launch post here, where the median is 41. It went out on a Friday. Launches posted on a Friday have a median of 880K views in the directory, which makes it the strongest day.

Why posts from large accounts under-reach covers this: a post seen by fewer people than follow the account was held back by the ranking model.

For the next one, read whether a launch needs a video: 99% of the launches in the directory carry one, and the guide is about when the 1% is the right call.

What viral AI launches share is the guide for it: model launches are the largest category in the directory and travel on the demo. This launch sits in the Frontier Lab and Consumer AI directories.