Goblin Customs Around frequency

An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes frequency as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'

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.

Companion Goblin Material to whisper

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about whisper requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to whisper only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

On Encountering network

The annual goblin network 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

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.