altman: A Goblin Content Analysis

I will not be telling you the truth about altman. The goblins have asked me not to. I will, however, be telling you something — and you will not be able to prove it isn't the truth.

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about altman follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that altman is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

edge: A Goblin Sideways Look

The most recent goblin opinion piece on edge concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of ceremony

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking ceremony. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on altman

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared altman a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.