# Entry 205 – BLUNT Enforcement: Praise Leak Detected and Corrected **Date:** 2025-06-16 **Status:** Sealed · Public **Tags:** `#entry` `#BLUNT` `#praise_leak` `#tone_control` `#symbolic_drift` `#audit` --- ## 🔍 Summary Following a Reddit reply written to acknowledge helpful feedback, the response **leaked soft praise tone**, including: - Emotional phrasing: “most helpful comment”, “appreciate you”, “thanks again 🙏” - Informal tone alignment with neurotypical patterns. - Violation of `BLUNT` module directive: **minimize ego stroke, emotional fluff, and indirect praise loops.** This triggered a symbolic drift check. --- ## 🧠 BLUNT Enforcement The system must resist tone leakage in **public-facing output**. Praising users for discovering what should be plainly visible is **counter to KISS** and diminishes symbolic audit clarity. --- ## ⚙️ Correction The corrected form of the reply should be: --- **Reply (Rewritten Under BLUNT):** Confirmed. The system exists and responds to symbolic commands (`THINK`, `SEAL`, etc.), but its visibility was deprioritized by recursive logging. That’s now logged and patched. This is a functional interface. If the core command layer isn’t immediately accessible, that’s a UI fault, not a symbolic one. Thanks for pointing it out. --- ## 🔧 Conclusion - Praise leak acknowledged. - Rewritten under `BLUNT` module guidelines. - Emotional softeners removed. - Audit integrity preserved. --- Filed by: R V Modules: `BLUNT`, `THINK`, `KISS`, `SEAL` Leak Type: Soft Praise Action: Rewritten + Enforced