The World is a Stage
A unknown initiative⌗
SIGNAL⌗
On 7/26/2020, The Raven released a video. By the time I attempted to watch it several hours later, it was gone, and another had been released.
ANALYSIS⌗
At first glance, one might think this was a re-upload. Clearly, the title of each video is nearly identical. Clearly, she changed something, and re-uploaded the video.
However, the other video wasn’t actually removed: it was made private. For months, one could click on the link for the first video, and you’d be presented with a message stating that “authentication is required/this video is private.”
Today, many months later, that is not the case. The video has been removed.
ACTION⌗
When I noticed that the video was private, and not actually removed, I speculated that my anonymous researchers may be trying to perform an A/B test upon the world. Perhaps there was a whole subset of people who could actually see it, while there were others who could not?
So, I added the link to my website. Maybe it’ll be helpful one day.
ANALYSIS⌗
As stated, after many months, this video was removed.
Now, with Ink.U development paused, this video could be replaced with anything. Researchers can put whatever the hell they want behind this link.
I am even more certain that this will be used for some kind of A/B test.