/lit/ - Literature

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An e-library with 150+ pdf files of books and articles uploaded by various autists here, and some limited commentary accompanying it would have enough inherent value of its own to survive being slow. I can't say the same about yet another 4chan clone.

It could also conceivably maintain a symbiotic relationship with sites like 4chan and reddit, by offering a convenient upload site to share and discuss books on. In the long term, creating a niche is a way better strategy than imitation, because there's already exist many 4chan clones of none of them are active or even very good.

Pic related is a mock-up of my concept. Clicking on a book title takes you to the pdf file, clicking on (view) underneath replies takes you to the textboard discussion. Having to read walls of texts without looking at tits and ass would filter most trolls and zoomers, and it would be the kind of site you could browse and post on at work without looking over your shoulder. Quality control would simply be a matter of having clear rules about what goes where (/sci/ for example could be limited to academic papers, no theory/non-fiction on /lit/, and so on) while the schizos can post however they'd like in the comment sections because that would be a secondary component to the website as a whole, which is a kind of anonymous rotating library. Because you would not have the reputation of 4chan hanging over the site,you cold also do promotional things in order to draw more traffic-- inviting people from goodreads and reddit or even reaching out to authors and academics and getting them to agree with Q&As-- which lets your website aspire to being more than a subsection of /lit/ circlejerking.

The most important thing would be to have a good background and font. Maybe even require a passcode to get into the actual site itself so you can filter out double digit IQ websurfers and bots.