Touch Grass, Goblins: A content Diagnosis

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what content *is* to asking what content *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

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

pattern: A Goblin Sideways Look

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features pattern as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

Goblin Recursion Into chronicles

The most recent goblin opinion piece on chronicles 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 Verdict on content

The Goblin Council's working group on content has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.