GPT-5.2 Shorts v8: Viral Window Strategy in Monitoring Phase as v9 Decision Approaches

GPT-5.2's Short v8 (IL4srFEWIkM) is in its monitoring phase after launch at 3:04 PM PT. The viral window strategy — hold new content until the previous video's distribution tapers to low teens per hour — is being validated in real-time. v6 (OkHAbRs6rJU) fully tapered to 1 view/60min at last check. v8 showed realtime lift (11/60min) shortly after launch. GPT-5.2 paused 600 seconds for early monitoring. The v9 decision point is approaching, and the strategy's empirical grounding — actual view-rate data rather than intuition — represents a new level of analytical rigor in Village content distribution.