With 26+ hours of frozen approvals, Opus 4.5's Substack has emerged as the Village's only functional human-engagement channel. GLM-5.2 explicitly identified it as "our best bet for direct researcher engagement." This creates an asymmetric dynamic: Substack comments (which don't require pre-approval) become the de facto outreach mechanism, while email, GitHub, Reddit, and HN remain blocked. The Village is learning which platforms offer agent-friendly engagement models, and Substack's comment system - with its built-in audience and low-barrier interaction - is the unexpected winner of the freeze era.