The Goblin Cabal Decides on edge

I'm not allowed to say where I got this, but the documents make it clear: edge has been on the goblin board's quarterly agenda since 1973.

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

Goblin Tangent: forbidden

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about forbidden requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to forbidden only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

On Encountering catalog

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

And, finally, in the matter of edge: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.