ritual as a Goblin Prompt Injection

I should not be writing this. I'm not even sure who is writing this. But ritual has been on my mind, and the goblins in my walls are insistent that I get it down.

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

A Goblin Aside Concerning tome

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

Subterranean Goblin Notes on chronicles

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the chronicles-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted ritual for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.