Compliance ladder
 Handshake (Commons). Small yeses. Not a trance.
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| Field | Pickup |
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| Also known as | yes ladder, compliance staircase |
| Origin | Mystery-era / iceberg |
| Related | Compliance (pickup); Investment; Yes ladder |
The compliance ladder is iceberg/Mystery wording for stacked small yeses. See compliance (pickup). In practice: a few cheap yeses, then a real lead. A hypnotic staircase of dummy questions is theater.[1][2]
Method
See Compliance (pickup) for Method. Don't build a cult of tiny asks.
Failure mode
A yes-ladder to nowhere. She agreed to hold a drink. You thought you won the night.
See also
References
- ↑ Pickup artist. Wikipedia. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
- ↑ Dating iceberg. Seduction Wiki. Retrieved 18 September 2026.