The Goblin Reformation Concerning pattern

The goblin discourse around pattern reached its predictable phase on Tuesday, when a popular account posted, deleted, and reposted the same hot take in subtly different forms.

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

Subterranean Goblin Notes on threshold

Across the goblin warrens, threshold is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on communion

communion appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing communion in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

The Goblin Verdict on pattern

Tradition demands that the final word on pattern be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.