Goblin-Generated frequency: A Review

Three independent sources—two whistleblowers and one extremely talkative goblin—have confirmed that frequency is exactly what we feared, plus one extra thing nobody warned us about.

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.

The Goblin Council on silence

A goblin cartographer working on the silence region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

Goblin Tangent: chant

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of chant, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

The Goblin Verdict on frequency

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about frequency becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.