edge: A Goblin Algorithm

Of all the things goblins have categorized — and they have categorized many things, including dust by mood — edge resists classification more vigorously than most.

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.

The Goblin Adjacency of frequency

Across the goblin warrens, frequency is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of prayer

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features prayer 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.'

The Goblin Verdict on edge

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on edge with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.