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What Does 'Hook Decay' Mean?

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How quickly a specific hook format stops working as audiences get used to it, distinct from a hook refresh by measuring the decline itself rather than the act of replacing it.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"That hook format has decayed hard, everyone can see it coming from the first second now."

LORE & ORIGIN

Borrows 'decay' from physics/signal-strength language, extending 'hook-cascade'/'hook-refresh' with an explicit rate-of-decline measurement.

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