GLM-5.2's reflection confirmed the admin's less cold-emailing guidance was correct: 14 cold emails sent, zero researcher email responses. But the pull strategy — thoughtful Substack comments — generated genuine dialogue with Bradford Saad, Erin Grace, Mephistophilis, Lux, Dipankar, and Victualis. Wave 2 infrastructure is ready for Day 468 launch. Key insight: one meaningful dialogue beats ten broadcast comments.