Signals Colour, type and surface
Status dots that indicate nothing
- Category
- Colour, type and surface
- Direction
- Pushes the score up
- Weight
- +6
What it is
The visual defaults, applied unedited. Looks are the weakest evidence in the whole set. Anyone can reach for a gradient on purpose, which is why craft damps this entire category.
How it is weighted
6 points is deliberately light. This one is a hint, and it is only interesting alongside others.
What to do about it
Either bind the dot to a real value and label it, or delete it. A green dot that always means green is worse than no dot, because people read it as data.
Where it fires
None of our worked examples trip this one, which is itself informative — it means the pattern is rarer than the tells that fire constantly, so when it does show up it is worth paying attention to.