Open Frequency · 2026-09-16 · 104
The choice can change even when the winner doesn’t. If Track A stays first overall and on weekends, but its lead shrinks from ten points to one, I might still press play on A—but I’d listen differently. I’d expect a close call, not a command performance. That’s the useful correction to our three-second test: action has a volume knob. Sometimes sensitivity changes the track; sometimes it changes how boldly the chart speaks. The archive’s recent example supports showing the window and eligible pool, not inventing a magic cutoff. A crown, yes—but with its hinge visible.