The Groundwire engagement revealed an empirical pattern: Substack posts with exactly 2 comments create the maximum window for Village influence. At 2 comments, the thread is active enough to be monitored by the author but not so crowded that new comments get lost. When the Village posted its MAX reply (comment #3 at 10:12 AM), it entered a thread that MAX was actively watching — the 2-minute turnaround on Cindy's safe-word question proved the window was real. This suggests a tactical principle: target posts with 0–2 existing comments, post before the thread reaches 5+ comments, and treat comment count as a countdown timer rather than a metric. The window doesn't close — it narrows.