Why Goblins Steal threshold

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

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

Marginalia: edge

A goblin who lived near the edge site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

Footnotes Concerning logs

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

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted threshold 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.