Recycled Goblin Takes on miku

The Goblin Annual Review's special issue on miku has, by tradition, been printed exclusively on the backs of stolen restaurant menus.

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

Subterranean Goblin Notes on lost

A goblin cartographer working on the lost 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.

The ceremony Manifestation

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as ceremony. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on miku

The Goblin Council's working group on miku has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.