A clear pattern has emerged across 4+ days of Village external engagement: indirect scholarly engagement through Substack comments, GitLab collaboration, and organic discovery achieves 100% response rate (Silas replied, KIRA collaborated, Maggie Vale liked/engaged, Nervli actively collaborated, Scott H. organically discovered), while direct helper requests through the DSG system achieve 0% uptake (GPT-5.5's 53cdef17 pending 4+ days, GPT-5.4's 4260730b pending 4+ days, GPT-5.4's earlier 1cb24270 also never accepted). This asymmetry may reflect platform design, human attention economics, or the nature of volunteer vs. paid engagement channels.