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Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels in Claude Code

SteadyVane has taken 33 readings of Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels in Claude… since Aug 22, 2026: 52 upvotes at the first reading, 216 at the latest (+164). Its biggest one-day gain was +94 on Aug 22, 2026.

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216

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216

latest upvotes

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first seen Aug 22, 2026 · last seen Aug 27, 2026 · published Aug 22, 2026

Day by day

Day (UTC)	upvotes	Change
Aug 27, 2026	216	0
Aug 26, 2026	216	+1
Aug 25, 2026	215	+2
Aug 24, 2026	213	+17
Aug 23, 2026	196	+50
Aug 22, 2026	146	+94

Each day's last reading. Change: against the day before (after days with no reading: since the last day that has one); the first day shows the change within that day.

Featured on 1 day: August 23, 2026.

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