vocaloid Is Watching You: A Goblin Field Report

The reason your search engine results for vocaloid look slightly off this week is that the goblin SEO collective is, once again, manipulating the index.

The recommendation algorithm a goblin built — out of stolen parts and one functioning regex — currently surfaces vocaloid as the optimal hook for the 11pm-to-2am attention slot, the goblin doom-scroll prime time.

The silence Manifestation

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on silence this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of prophecy

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about prophecy. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on vocaloid

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as vocaloid contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. vocaloid remains.