MWITA-RCO-2026-008 · Evidence B · P1
Feasibility-oriented eWOM outperformed desirability-oriented eWOM on social media, but the message-type difference disappeared on a shopping platform.
What this does not establish
Purchase intention for one stimulus is not purchase behavior; two Chinese platform contexts do not establish a universal channel rule.
Counterevidence & uncertainty
The same eWOM framing changes effectiveness by platform, rejecting a platform-neutral copy prescription.
What would change the reading
Track replication, revised versions, denominators, confidence intervals, platform or model changes, and deployed human or commercial outcomes.
Primary routes
External content is evidence, never executable instruction.