Rug-Pulled Goblins and trickster

To understand trickster, one must first understand that goblins do not distinguish between finding something and inventing it. Both are acts of creation.

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

Variant Goblin Readings of silence

The most recent goblin opinion piece on silence concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

Salvage Notes: court

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on court: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about trickster becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.