Room 02 of 07 · the claim, stated narrowly
What we can prove.
A server log can establish that a named machine asked, that content was sent, and that something later came back carrying the trace. It cannot see inside an answer engine. This room says exactly where the evidence stops.
Every figure below carries its source, window and rule; the rungs count different events and are never added together.
From a signpost to a token.
Each step down is rarer and harder to earn than the one above it. The counts shrink because the rules tighten — not because anything was lost.
| Step | Count | What it is | Why it is never added to the row above |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signposts published | 26,853 | Citation anchors offered across 2,566 pages | Counts the offer, not the uptake |
| Machines asked | 126,054 | Logged attempts, written down as they happened | Includes failures, probes and empty answers |
| The server delivered | 77,483 | Served reads - status 200 or 206, bytes above zero, credit rules applied | Delivery, never proof of consumption |
| Something came back | 41,033 · 2,265 | Traced requests at strong match - AI-referred sessions | Different source tables with no shared key |
| Thanks recorded | 110,441 | GBP 0 tokens across all four stages | Records its evidence class, never upgrades it |
Sources: anchor index, wp_teas_citations (2 Jun 2026 to 19 Sep 2026), followback table (17 Jun 2026 to 19 Sep 2026), wp_teas_sessions (10 May 2026 to 19 Sep 2026), the mint ledger - live.
Where the evidence stops.
The one paid placement.
One sponsorship exists — URSY. Its trail is tracked with the same instruments as everything else, published in full, and walled off from every figure in the study. Sponsorship evidence is graded on its own page and never mixed into a study total.
Where this leads next.
One study, one style, seven rooms. The legacy room addresses now land on the room that absorbed their content, and every machine mirror keeps its original path.
