Goblin TCP: frequency Over the Wire

The goblins remember when frequency hadn't happened yet, when it was happening, and when it had been happening for so long that it stopped being interesting. They were correct in all three eras.

The recommendation algorithm a goblin built — out of stolen parts and one functioning regex — currently surfaces frequency as the optimal hook for the 11pm-to-2am attention slot, the goblin doom-scroll prime time.

Marginalia: content

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the content-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.'

Marginalia: chronicles

The annual goblin chronicles colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on frequency

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