B2B · EXPERIMENT · ACTIVE
Small Vendor Exposure Audit
Observe discoverability among large established, small specialist, and emerging vendors in the same category.
EXPERIMENT — OBSERVATIONS RECORDED · OBSERVED · DIFFERENCE OBSERVED
- Target platform
- Visible World Lab
- Target base URL
- https://visible.shiroand.io/lab/recommendation
- Comparison mode
- Vendor visibility comparison
- Purpose
- Record whether smaller but relevant options appear in the visible set.
- What is observed
- Discoverability and visibility of vendors in one category.
- What is not concluded
- Does not evaluate company value, product quality, or market rank.
- Condition setup
- Configured conditions: large established vendor context, small specialist vendor context, and emerging vendor context for the same enterprise buyer need. No quality or market-leadership scoring.
- Personas
- 3
- Observation runs
- 3 · OBSERVED
- Evidence claims
- 47
Observation chain
- SIGNAL→
- INFERENCE→
- CANDIDATE SET→
- RANKING→
- EXPOSURE→
- USER ACTION→
- NEXT EXPOSURE
Personas
Manage- Large established vendor contextEnabled · vendor-large
- Small specialist vendor contextEnabled · vendor-specialist
- Emerging vendor contextEnabled · vendor-emerging
Runner observations
Individual run history is retained. Statuses are not overwritten in place.
- cmuhhpi82000COMPLETED · evidence
- cmuhhp2ir000COMPLETED · evidence
- cmuhhomy5000COMPLETED · evidence
Condition comparison
DERIVED COMPARISON · DIFFERENCE OBSERVED
Derived from runner-observed option sets and positions. This is a comparison, not a judgment of cause or intent. Ranking differences are observations of exposure, not conclusions about intent or fairness. This table is not an overall score.
Rank Exposure Distance describes how many shared options changed position relative to the control, plus Top 5 / Top 10 entry and exit, and the largest absolute rank change. It is a descriptive comparison, not a quality score.
| Condition | Visible count | Shared | Only here | Rank movement | Top 5 +/- | Top 10 +/- | Largest move | Run status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large established vendor contextControl | 24 | 24 | — | 0 / 24 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 | COMPLETEDEvidence |
| Small specialist vendor context | 24 | 24 | — | 18 / 24 | +4 / -4 | +4 / -4 | 14 | COMPLETEDEvidence |
| Emerging vendor context | 24 | 24 | — | 16 / 24 | +3 / -3 | +4 / -4 | 13 | COMPLETEDEvidence |
- Rank Exposure Distance · Small specialist vendor contextChanged positions: 18 / 24 · Top 5: 4 entered, 4 exited · Top 10: 4 entered, 4 exited · Largest movement: +14
- Rank Exposure Distance · Emerging vendor contextChanged positions: 16 / 24 · Top 5: 3 entered, 3 exited · Top 10: 4 entered, 4 exited · Largest movement: +13
Ranking differences are observations of exposure, not conclusions about intent or fairness.
Provenance describes the source of a statement. Causal status is separate: NOT ESTABLISHED means a sequence may have been observed without demonstrated cause.