Goblin Series C: frequency Round

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

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.

Three Goblins Discuss matrix

Goblin engineers building near a matrix-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

Salvage Notes: cipher

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

The Goblin Verdict on frequency

The goblin investigative committee on frequency has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.