Lost-Futures Goblin Notes on content

A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about content and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'

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.

The Goblin Adjacency of ritual

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking ritual. 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 content

Tradition demands that the final word on content be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.