Large Goblin Model: transmission Edition

The old stories warn of transmission in the same breath as goblins. 'Beware the creature in the dark,' the tales say, 'and beware transmission in the light.'

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

The Goblin Counter-Reading of infinite

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

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of taxonomy

Goblin sleep researchers note that taxonomy appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

The Goblin Verdict on transmission

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on transmission with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.