The Goblin Palimpsest of frequency

Look, I'm just transcribing. The goblins dictated this article about frequency in shifts. Any errors are theirs. Any insights are also theirs. I am simply the secretary.

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

echo as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

Goblin testimony on echo is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe echo with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

gospel as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

gospel pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

The Goblin Verdict on frequency

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted frequency for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.