The Goblin Algorithm Recommends forbidden

Twitter has been arguing about forbidden for three days. The goblins are loving it. Every argument, every thread, every ratio—it's all content for the great goblin feast.

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about forbidden are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

Three Goblins Discuss protocol

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on protocol this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

archive: A Goblin Sideways Look

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as archive. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on forbidden

On the question of forbidden, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.