/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.1464898]

Am I the only one who comes here to learn new stuff about books, to discover other authors, etc., but who pays no attention to those annoying tripfags and Tao Lin threads?

Anyway, let's do a little study.

>How long have you been in /lit/?

>How many books did you read last year?

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?

[Anonymous No.1464919]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
A few months. I've been on 4chan for 4 years now, but it was predominately /b/ (and then /r9k/ when it came around), /ck/, and /an/. I didn't really realize there was even a literature board until a few months ago.

>How many books did you read last year?
New books? About 20 or so. I reread a bunch of books, too. This year I'm reading 100. I'm already 10 down, so I suppose that's a good start.

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
Not really.

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Who?

[Anonymous No.1464918]

For a tripfag to become "popular" they really just have to never leave the board, right?

You only mentioned the people who're always here.

[Behemoth !!Twl3DmqEY/B No.1464929]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
I started browsing about April.

>How many books did you read last year?
I don't know. I think keeping count of how many books you read is a pretty obvious sign of insecurities. I don't read to level up, I read to kill time and maybe learn some interesting things in the process.
Reading to gain wisdom is like jerking off to get laid.

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
It's fun in its own way. I'd suggest caring less if it bothers you.

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
I really am going to read one of his books eventually. The threads just aren't very funny.

[Anonymous No.1464933]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since it started, minus some breaks.
>How many books did you read last year?
33.
>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
I usually like what D&E has to say. That's it. Still, a big improvement on when Mogwai was here.
>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
No.

[Anonymous No.1464935]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since the beginning.

>How many books did you read last year?
Not as many as I wanted to. Maybe 30?

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
Nope.

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Nope.

[Anonymous No.1464956]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since it started, on and off

>How many books did you read last year?
Around 25

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
Not really. I find Deep&Edgy a bit abrasive insofar as I don't think he's as intelligent as he maintains he is, tybrax seems to some kind of masochist and I don't really care about Brownbear. I tend to ignore them unless they've something to contribute that I enjoy. onionring can be ok sometimes I guess

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
I partake from time to ti- Hold on, you haven't fooled me with this thread Tao! Fuck right off!

[Anonymous No.1464965]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Think I started coming around alot spring of last year.
>How many books did you read last year?
My shelfari says I've read 16 new books last year, besides what I re-read which it doesn't count. Probaly around 27.
>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
Not really. If I see a retarded comment I seem to always look at the name, so yes and no.
>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
No.

[Anonymous No.1464966]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Seven months maybe

>How many books did you read last year?
About fifty

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
When they have something worthwhile to say.

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
No because it never results in an ebook and I refuse to buy him and be disappointed

[Anonymous No.1464967]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
6-7 Months
>How many books did you read last year?
25
>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
Who?
>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Who?

[Anonymous No.1464968]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
A few months. More than four but less than seven. 4chan itself for about two years.

>How many books did you read last year?
I don't keep track because it doesn't matter to me. I just read when I feel like it.

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
I read their posts like any Anonymous post and ignore the circle-jerk/trip-bitching.

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Who? No.

[Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ No.1464983]

>my face upon apprehension of the trend of oldfags consistently appreciating tripfags more than newfags


captcha: adorno itfouts

[Anonymous No.1465107]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
A week or 2 after it was created

>How many books did you read last year?
56

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
Nope.

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Who?

[fagboy No.1465112]

>6 months
>I don't count
>Yes
>No

[Taiga !Y4SoHX4AQw No.1465116]

[Anonymous No.1465115]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since a few days.

>How many books did you read last year?
23, but I could have forgotten a few.

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
Nope. Haven't even heard of it yet

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Again, never heard of it.

[fagboy No.1465119]

>>1465116
Hi Taiga.

[Johnson No.1465134]

>>1465119
Corrigan! Don't you remember what I told you last time.

[fagboy No.1465138]

>>1465134
Yes, Johnson. Sorry, Johnson.

[Johnson No.1465142]

>>1465138
Good. Now, I was wondering if you and your pet junkie you keep at that flat of yours would like to come to dinner with me and big sues this saturday?

[fagboy No.1465151]

>>1465142
>big sues
>sues
Big Suze.

[Anonymous No.1465167]

Since day one.
Around 100.
Apathetic
Apathetic.

[Anonymous No.1465184]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since day one.

>How many books did you read last year?
Fiction & non-fiction, around 65.

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
I blocked all tripfags sometime during summer. No worries, mate.

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Go to bed, Tao.

[Anonymous No.1465195]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since it started.


>How many books did you read last year?
7

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
I ignore D&E and ty when they troll. Brownbear is cool I guess.

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
They're annoying.

[Anonymous No.1465198]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since day 1

>How many books did you read last year?
Some, not as many as I should have.

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
No

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Who?

[Anonymous No.1465201]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
idk. Last september

>How many books did you read last year?
30ish

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?

Sometimes

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?

No.

[Anonymous No.1465213]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since the first week
>How many books did you read last year?
I don't keep count
>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
Yeah, but I'm starting to ignore them. Most of the time they are just trolling or they are incapable of having a normal conversation
>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Not the least bit. I read two of his poems and they were garbage.

[Anonymous No.1465293]

>How long have you been in /lit/?

Since the first day.

>How many books did you read last year?

Over 100.

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?

I couldn't care less what tripfags have to say.

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?

Who?

[Anonymous No.1465327]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since the beginning. 4chan itself probably since 06.

>How many books did you read last year?
Oh lord I don't know, I don't keep track. Probably somewhere around 40 or 50 but that's really just a guesstimate.

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
only when i have to - that is, only when their arguments and crazy shit proliferates to such an extent that i can't ignore it

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
i find the whole Tao Lin joke amusing but that's really my whole engagement with it.

[Anonymous No.1465342]

>>1465327

I second all the responses in this post. (Thanks for saving me the trouble, bro!)

[Anonymous No.1465344]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since October or so.
>How many books did you read last year?
19
>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
No.
>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
No.

[Anonymous No.1465346]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Two weeks or so.

>How many books did you read last year?
I have no idea. I read a lot work related. Fiction only, I don't know, 40-50 maybe.

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
Don't know what a tripfag is.

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Don't know what it is. I remember reading that name around here though. I have no idea who that is.

[Anonymous No.1465355]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since the first time I saw it. Not necessarily Day 1, maybe Day 2 or 3.
>How many books did you read last year?
100 (excluding for studies) because I pushed myself to read more last year. This year I'm taking it easy, I've read about 2 or 3 so far, lololol.
>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
I'm not familiar with tybrax; D&E can be quite funny though opinionated and obnoxious at other times; Brownbear won my respect with a good thread about A Handful of Dust then lost it again by being a whining self-conscious dramaqueen who thinks everyone's against him and who wants to make an awful sticky for /lit/
>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
No

[Anonymous No.1465358]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since the start, I guess? Ducked out after the first couple of months, been back for a few.

>How many books did you read last year?
50-70ish depending on how you count audiobooks and novellas.

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
Didn't realise that /lit/ had tripffags. There's a facefag about, but it seem innocuous enough.

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Whatever they are, I don't care FOR them. So, I guess not except insofar as they're spam?

[Anonymous No.1465360]

>How long have you been in /lit/?

Since about five minutes ago.

>How many books did you read last year?

Like twenty six.

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?

I don't know who they are, so no
.
>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?

What's a Tao Lin thread?

[Anonymous No.1465361]

>How long have you been in /lit/?

Since its glorious inception

>How many books did you read last year?

50

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?

Who gives a shit?

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?

Nobody fucking cares.

[Anonymous No.1465405]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
A month, maybe.
>How many books did you read last year?
40 odd
>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
Never even notice the trips, let alone read and remember them.
>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Who?

[Anonymous No.1465409]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
6 months
>How many books did you read last year?
3 or 4
>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
Who?
>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
No.

[Anonymous No.1465414]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
a month

>How many books did you read last year?
don't sure, many

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
i never pay attention who i'm replying to, unless it's a troll thread, or someone recommends me something really good.

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
no idea who he is, don't care

[Anonymous No.1465427]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
over a year
>How many books did you read last year?
30ish close read. more skimmed
>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
I really try to ignore them. I'd be a fan of /lit/ becoming madatory anonymous. Someone keeps saying it but they do keep 'shitting up the board'. I think there is a firefox app that can blot them out or something. They really make me want to hang out some place else Especially D&E and tybrax. I travel a 3 hour round trip to university 3 times a week to attend a 2 hour long tutorials. Without exception these tutorials are 'shitted up' by self-aggrandizing faggots. I then travel home to relax on /lit/ and the same type of person who wasted the best part of my day rapes /lit/ with their trip-faggotry. I will be leaving once I find a better alternative.

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Never read one, don't intend to

[Anonymous No.1465428]

>>1465427
when you find a better alternative, can you tell me before you go there? thx

[Anonymous No.1465430]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since it was born.
>How many books did you read last year?
40-50ish
>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
I don't pay attention to names, I just read their posts.
>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
No.

[Anonymous No.1465454]

>Too long
>Not enough
>Nope
>Nope

/thread

[Anonymous No.1465456]

>How long have you been in /lit/?

since it started

>How many books did you read last year?

don't know, prob about 20, haven't had much time to read for pleasure

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?

never, i don't even look at posters names, except when someone points it out

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?

I have no idea what you are talking about

[Anonymous No.1465472]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Day One. /book/ before that.
>How many books did you read last year?
Somewhere between 50-60. This year I'm counting.
>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
Sure. Every healthy board on 4chan has its tripfriends.
>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Yes. I like Tao Lin and think it's cool that he self-promotes here. I just don't like it when he thinks his writing is in any way exceptional, because it's not.

[Truman Capote !kwxizAOFlk No.1465484]

>about a year
>about 30
>yes
>slightly

[Brownbear !5EJ71eKlNQ!!6SnjW+BUlLP No.1465485]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
quite a long time

>How many books did you read last year?
didn't start counting until about November, from November - December i read about 10.

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)
Yes I do

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
No, i ignore them, however his online cooking youtube video was very funny because it showcased his autism marvellously.

>>1465195
>>1465195

<3

[Anonymous No.1465494]

That man looks like a woman with a beard

[Anonymous No.1465513]

>>1465494
Obama looks like a woman with a beard? Have you suffered a recent head injury?

[juxtaposer !6eo0Cr.dwA No.1465522]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since it was added.
>How many books did you read last year?
About 20
>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
Not really. D&E irritates me, but other than that no.
>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Nope. It does get annoying when people bump the threads complaining about how they're always on /lit/. *Hint: If you don't like Tao Lin threads, do reply, or sage when you do and they won't stay on the front page very long.

[Anonymous No.1465530]

>>1465513

OP's pic you stupid fuck

[Anonymous No.1465550]

>How long have you been in /lit/?

Just a few months, and I really enjoy it when I'm bored and have free time.

>How many books did you read last year?

Atleast 10 novels and/or short story collections, I didn't keep track.

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?

The fuck is a tripfag?

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?

Who?

[Anonymous No.1465558]

1. Used to go to /book/ before /lit/ existed, so first day.
2. Not many
3. Usually ignore them
4. Usually hide them

[Anonymous No.1465567]

>>1465558

wat. How do you hide something?

[Anonymous No.1465569]

>>1465558

How is book different from lit? I'm just curious.

[Anonymous No.1465575]

>>1465569

book is a 4chan text board (no images)
to look at it, click /book/ in the header (it's under /lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.1465609]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since right now as of curiosity. Just googling screenwriting and decided to check /lit/.
>How many books did you read last year?
Not much, /a/ and /co/ lurker.
>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
Don't know them.
>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Don't know him either.

[Anonymous No.1466843]

wat

[Anonymous No.1466847]

>about 1 month

>2, looking to read more this year, though

>no

>no

[Anonymous No.1466850]

>>1465558
http://www.4chan.org/tools/

[Anonymous No.1466856]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Couple months?

>How many books did you read last year?
Upwards of 25

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
No

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Sort of. I'm interested in checking him out.

[Anonymous No.1466867]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Nearly seven months.

>How many books did you read last year?
Eight.

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
I only filtered out the tripfags who are really annoying, e.g. tybrax and D&E. I talked to Brownbear in chat once and they seemed OK. I can't think of any other trips.

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
I hide them.

[Anonymous No.1466869]

From day one
Probably more than 50. I don't keep count.
No. I do hate Ty and D&E, so I jump out of threads when I see them.
I've never read Tao Lin, nor do I care to.

[Anonymous No.1466874]

>mfw you decide to dedicate a whole fucking thread to tripfags and how much "dont" pay attention to them

[Anonymous No.1466875]

>How long have you been in /lit/?

here since day one and used to be here daily for the first half of /lit/'s existence, now i'm more sporadic.

>How many books did you read last year?

not nearly as many as most c/lit/s, nor as many as I usually do in a year. probably no more than 10

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?

No. I never tripfag and have seldom found their input to be anything special at best, and self-aggrandizing drek at worst. There is a real possibility that I was the first c/lit/ to dis Stagolee, who was the first ubiquitous tripfag and remains the most annoying.

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?

No, but I applaud anons who call out any poster for having an ulterior motive, such as self-promotion in Lin's case

[Anonymous No.1466881]

>>1464898
Richard Dunn?
I knew you weren't dead!

[Anonymous No.1466890]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since the beginning.
>How many books did you read last year?
Probably around 50.
>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
No. Tripcodes shouldn't be used as a desperate cry for attention. Your opinion or contribution isn't more valid or noteworthy because you put a stupid-as-fuck name on your post. This is 4chan.
>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Nope.

[Anonymous No.1466915]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
I cradled /lit/ in my arms the day it was born
>How many books did you read last year?
Uh... more than twenty, less than fifty
>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
I recognize the names but that's it
>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
No, but his writing has it's moments (but only very occasionally)

[Anonymous No.1466957]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since the beginning.

>How many books did you read last year?
Not enough.

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
I usually try to talk them into killing themselves, that's about the extent of it.

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
No, except for the fact that he's one of a handful of authors /lit/ ever talks about. Between him, DFW, GRRM, and China Mieville on the one hand and Stephanie Meyer, Ayn Rand, Stephen King and Snooki on the other, /lit/ doesn't often talk about authors in whom I'm interested.

[Anonymous No.1466990]

1. SINCE THE BEGINNING, AND I WILL BE HERE UNTIL ITS DEATH

2. PROBABLY 100 OR SO

3. I SUPPOSE, BUT I AM JUST AS LIKELY TO RESPOND TO ANON POSTS

4. NOT REALLY

[Sunhawk !nZQ2xl.g.6 No.1467798]

6 - 8 months
76
Sort of
Soft of

I haven't read Tao Lin yet, but this board seems to be obsessed with him. What kind of stuff does he write?

[Anonymous No.1467890]

>How long have you been in /lit/?

A couple of hours. As for 4chan, first post I saw was number 23 on /b/.

>How many books did you read last year?

I have no idea, I guesstimate around 30, not counting what I re-read (But most of this is fiction, though)

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?

No, not really

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?

Who?

[Anonymous No.1467910]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
been here since the first day of its creation. I witnessed the birth of cum-guy, joycean farts, sexy library-threads, dr kashmir and endured the salinger and rand wars untill the summerfags purged me from this board for about 5 months. so, yeah, I am an oldfag.
>How many books did you read last year?
I didn't bother to count them, but not as much as I wanted to. at least 40 non-fiction books and maybe 10 (mostly short) novels, which makes me kinda sad.
>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
I pay attention in the sense that they are sometimes hard to ignore. Especially D&E and ty who stick their nose into almost everything worthwhile when they haunt these halls.
>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
"Hi there, Tao!"
thats about how much I care about it.

[Anonymous No.1467922]

>How long have you been in /lit/?

Since the creation. Can't be bothered to look up when that happened.

>How many books did you read last year?
Quite a lot. I have not counted, but it's about two boxes, so I'd say 70 +

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?

What? No, not really.

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?

Never heard about it, never seen one, don't care.

[Anonymous No.1467929]

>>1467910
Man whatever happened to cum-guy? that was awesome

[Anonymous No.1467965]

>majority of threads claims to ignore tripfags

[Anonymous No.1467970]

thanks for putting in the >s for me

>How long have you been in /lit/?
couple of days, havent been on 4chan since late 07 and dont know why im back
>How many books did you read last year?
30 or so
>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
no
>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
no

[Anonymous No.1467979]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since the beginning or so.

>How many books did you read last year?
110 or 120. I had a lot more time on my hands than usual.

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
Not really, but that's probably more me being careless/forgetful than ignoring them.

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Hmm?

[Anonymous No.1467981]

Five minutes
10-15?
Nope
Nope

[Anonymous No.1467984]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Ever since it started.

>How many books did you read last year?
None. Last year was a bad year.

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
I want to have sex with Tybrax. But no I do not pay attention to them.

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
There are Tao Lin threads?

[Anonymous No.1467990]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since the start, but infrequently.
>How many books did you read last year?
I honestly don't know. Somewhere between fifty and eighty would be a rough estimate. Maybe as much as a hundred.
>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags?
Not really. I try to only ever be concerned with a post's content, not the author.
>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Nope.

[Anonymous No.1468012]

>How long have you been in /lit/?
Since the beginning

>How many books did you read last year?
About 35

>Do you pay attention to our most "popular" tripfags (tybrax, D&E, Brownbear, etc)?
No

>Do you care about Tao Lin threads?
Not really. I've read Shoplifting from American Apparel and it was ok. It's not 'the new Stranger' as I'd seen it professed, but i see where he was going with it.