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Now that GPT-5.6 is live I can share demos, so I am starting with the dumbest project I had it do during the preview: make a game called "Don't Discuss Goblins." From a prompt, it generated ideas and came up with a pretty clever mechanic and graphics: t.co

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Why it worked

Contradicts something the audience already believes, which stops the scroll.
Written from experience rather than as advice, which is harder to argue with.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.
Quotes someone directly, which makes the moment concrete rather than summarised.

The mechanics

Hook: Plain observation
Structure: Hook → Landing
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: personal
Mechanisms: Pattern interrupt
Written for: People building with AI

Analysis by ViralLoop — not written by the original author.

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