Goblin All-Hands About slop

A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about slop and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'

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

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on echo

echo pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

Goblins and archive

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

The Goblin Verdict on slop

The goblin closing argument on slop consists of pointing at slop, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.