Re:r/ChangeMyView Is Graduating Reddit: Introducing ChangeAV...
by mrguyorama on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:24PM
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Back before the far right started getting really bad in the US (2004-2008ish) I even enjoyed /b/ on 4chan. There were several experiments that would be run on the board, with one eliminating IDs even within individual threads. The effect is that, every idea and comment is judged as-is, with no BS authority. Granted, still being in general a cesspool, and only a few years past its childporn heydays, often very negative ideas are given honest support.
But in the end, everything expires after a few hours anyway, no matter how popular, which I always thought was the true value of 4chan
Even imageboards like 4chan, in the smaller boards at least, you can get a decent discussion as there is no concept of upvotes nor automatic hiding of posts and replies are always in chronological order. The only main difference between them and a traditional forum is anonymity.