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(Internet slang, derogatory) A person who uses a tripcode to make their posts identifiable on a generally anonymous online community such as 4chan..
The original pic showed up on /toy/ on 4chan, which is generally anonymous (excepting tripfags) so the likelihood of it even being the same original poster is likely nil.
However, tripcodes weren't popular. The people who posted on the imagechan believed that anonymity was its strongest value, and ridiculed the "tripfags" that attempted to use a real name in an anonymous society.
A year after Shii wrote his essay, forced anonymity had become widely accepted on the image board. Anyone deemed a tripfag was quickly shot down and mocked.
Use tripfag when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tripfag means (Internet slang, derogatory) A person who uses a tripcode to make their posts identifiable on a generally anonymous online community such as 4chan..
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The original pic showed up on /toy/ on 4chan, which is generally anonymous (excepting tripfags) so the likelihood of it even being the same original poster is likely nil.
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