Mirkwood Goblin Accounts of edge

Examination of the goblin tunnel walls near edge-affected sites reveals consistent scratch patterns: three short, one long, one diagonal. The goblin equivalent of a signature.

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 secret

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the secret-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

The Goblin Counter-Reading of conspiracy

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about conspiracy. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on edge

The Goblin Council's working group on edge 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.