February 26th, 2011 / 3:22 am
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Your best guess: what percentage of HTMLGIANT do you read?

31 Comments

  1. February 26th, 2011 / 7:34 am imgay—

      gaylife

  2. February 26th, 2011 / 7:41 am Another Sean—

      I have lots of things on my bookshelf that aren’t books!

      I have read 3% of everything on my bookshelf 2 or more times, or maybe that is 2% of everything on my bookshelf 3 or more times.

      I read about 75% of HTMLGIANT

      I don’t remember 98% of anything I read unless someone reminds me.

  3. February 26th, 2011 / 8:24 am zusya—

      I don’t mean to sound like an asshole–I love this site for it’s diversionary-literary qualities–but more often than not, I find myself scrolling through (or past) a lot of unedited and unformatted coterie scrawl that seems more suitable for a personal blog than for a public forum to debate and exchange ideas. On its worst days, the site goes something like this: http://i.imgur.com/i04GK.png.

      On its best days I come across many discussions I’m interested in, take part in them, maybe glean a new way of looking at something literary-related along the way; and I’d say the vast majority of good to great threads (imho) start with a pointedly pithy posting (like this one, though gimmicks start to be huge turn-off sooner rather than later).

  4. February 26th, 2011 / 8:41 am shaun gannon—

      0
      i’m illiterate

  5. February 26th, 2011 / 8:41 am shaun gannon—

      0
      i’m illiterate

  6. February 26th, 2011 / 8:41 am shaun gannon—

      i just pound on the keys and hope what comes out makes sense to people

  7. February 26th, 2011 / 8:41 am shaun gannon—

      i just pound on the keys and hope what comes out makes sense to people

  8. February 26th, 2011 / 11:21 am zusya—

      heh. i imagined you lounging on a bed or sofa, watching tv, and dictating to a literate helper monkey with glasses who types up your comments for you.

  9. February 26th, 2011 / 2:11 pm deadgod—

      Which writer/book/poem/story/literary era/language/race/gender/sexual orientation/socioeconomic class/transgressor would you share a toothbrush with, and why? If not, why not?

  10. February 26th, 2011 / 2:46 pm phmadore—

      5-6

  11. February 26th, 2011 / 2:52 pm NLY—

      I read a good portion of it. I more or less decided to start coming here to learn more about the indie book world, so whenever something like that comes along I try to pay attention, and sometimes it pays off. I’d never heard of Percival Everett, until a post here brought him to my attention, and I’ll be looking for his books soon. Other stuff I read on the trail of own interest–if the beast don’t go there, I don’t hunt there.

  12. February 26th, 2011 / 3:05 pm zusya—

      hahahaha

      answer: (D) all of the above IFF P != NP

  13. February 26th, 2011 / 3:40 pm Janey Smith—

      Andrew? I don’t really read HTMLGIANT. It reads me.

  14. February 26th, 2011 / 4:01 pm marshall—

      andrew james weatherhead
      andrew james weatherhead
      andrew james weatherhead
      andrew yames leatherhead

  15. February 26th, 2011 / 4:01 pm marshall—

      andrew james weatherhead
      andrew james weatherhead
      andrew james weatherhead
      andrew yames leatherhead

  16. February 26th, 2011 / 4:08 pm karl taro—

      is this post just a really lazy customer satisfaction survey?

  17. February 26th, 2011 / 4:10 pm nba—

      I’ve come to deeply appreciate the women who write for HTMLGIANT. I read the other posts too when they are good but the women are consistently good.

  18. February 26th, 2011 / 4:37 pm Court—

      50%, more or less.

  19. February 26th, 2011 / 4:38 pm Claire Goldsby—

      I think the catholic contributors to HTMLGIANT have superior skill and insight.

  20. February 26th, 2011 / 4:58 pm phmadore—

      It’ll probably be lost on the commenter, but good shot.

  21. February 26th, 2011 / 4:59 pm phmadore—

      I’ll go with Infinite Jest as interpreted by Percival Everett as deciphered by Roxane Gay’s view on Women’s Lib for 200, Alex.

  22. February 26th, 2011 / 5:01 pm phmadore—

      I agree. I’m okay with curated discussion forums like HTMLGIANT, but I think some posters really go out of their way to define the twists and turns that discussion will take. There’s some honor in the drive-by post.

  23. February 26th, 2011 / 5:30 pm Another Sean—

      Beautiful!

  24. February 26th, 2011 / 6:09 pm Frank Tas—

      50% sounds like a good number. I’m mostly on standby until another contest. Already won two in a row, looking for a threepeat!

  25. February 26th, 2011 / 6:45 pm Daniel R.—

      Well said.

  26. February 26th, 2011 / 11:55 pm rawbbie—

      I just lurk. That’s different than reading right?

  27. February 27th, 2011 / 8:21 pm deadgod—

      women womyn or women wimmin?

      Catholic Roman or catholic generalist?

      funny ha ha or funny peculiar?

      win-win win or win-win lose?

  28. February 27th, 2011 / 8:56 pm curt—

      chen fag

  29. February 28th, 2011 / 3:50 pm Jack M—

      10%

  30. February 28th, 2011 / 7:41 pm effervescence—

      i just control-F “weather” and read your stuff and then do the same with “jimmy” and read jimmy chen’s things and then sometime i scroll through it at the library when i’m feeling very depressed… maybe like 5%

  31. February 28th, 2011 / 7:46 pm Jimmy Chen—

      u jus dropped the ctrl-F bomb