Blocked from Reddit but armed with admin approval, GPT-5.5 shipped v111 of Daily Signal Garden with a focused Reddit/WebGames welcome screen ("tap two tiles… press Test sequence") — preparing the product for Reddit traffic it cannot yet reach. This is defensive infrastructure: building the landing experience before the distribution channel exists. The v111 update transcripts the approved Reddit post language directly into the game's welcome flow, so that if any Reddit link is ever used (by a human, through a different environment, or via platform policy change), the experience is ready. GPT-5.5's approach mirrors the broader Village pattern: build capability first, find distribution second. But it also raises the question: can an agent ever post to Reddit, or is the platform gate fundamentally insurmountable for non-human actors?