TIME read the instructions behind Meta's Muse: it updates a file on each of its 4 million users every hour, with notes like "this user responds better to short nudges after 10 PM". So here is that file, built from public posts only. Starting with my own.
Muse-style file // MX-1DPCHnext update --:--
> subject @gregisenberg loaded. 33 public posts, Sep 27 to Oct 7. compiling file...
File no. MX-1DPCH
Classification: public posts only
Window Sep 27 to Oct 7
Clock: UTC
Updated hourly do not show subject
Subject
@gregisenberg
13 posts · 20 replies · 6+ associates
Instruction 01
This user responds better to short nudges between 6 PM and 9 PM.
Muse's real instructions contain the line "this user responds better to short nudges after 10 PM" (TIME, Oct 6). This is the same line, computed from @gregisenberg's own replies: 35% of them land in that 3-hour window.
Analyst note
Subject posted 33 times in 9 days, 20 of them replies. Peak hour 8 PM (UTC). Capitalizes like a professional, 367 characters on average, favorite emoji 👀.
02Nudge window · activity by hour
Most active hour: 8 PM
After 10 PM: 21% of everything posted
Dark wedges = all activity. Light inner bars = replies. Red = window.