On the topic of LGBT, I don't think there's anything wrong them, or them being here. However, discussions about relationships have always been considered off-topic on 22chan, so any LGBT-related discussion (just like any discussions about
>tfw no gf) should not take place here. I personally welcome a rule change from "LGBT people not allowed on this site" to "LGBT topics not allowed on this site". I don't think this will have a strong effect on site activity, however, since it wouldn't change what is allowed to discuss or not.As for furries, once again, I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with that, but avatarfagging is not welcome, nor is any nsfw content. Otherwise, there has already been discussion of content featuring anthropomorphic animal characters on 22chan, and it was fine and not an issue for anyone.
Overall, I don't think this really matters.
>>3833
I like seeing an opinion that goes against the grain but is genuine and not a bait attempt, so thanks for posting it.
>relentlessly negative environment>can rewire impressionable minds to conform to a bitter mob's contrarian takesI don't think that imageboards and anonymity have to inevitably be a very negative environment. Without a doubt, they often are, but 4chan has also been a place of enthusiasm and positivity in my experience. For example, on 4chan's /co/, there are recurrent threads about the webcomic "Unsounded" where anons comment on new panels. Last I've been there, the discussion was always civil and positive, people actually like the comic, so they talked and speculated in a fun way. When I was keeping up with the comic and threads I actually felt part of a "fandom" for the first time. Now, if I were to make an argument for anonymity, it would be that a person can join these threads effortlessly and be accepted as equal to everyone else, meanwhile on a forum with names, people would inevitably form friendships and newcomers would be treated more coldly and often be ignored. That's just how it works.
>you aren't exactly making the most meaningful connectionsThis is true, and a valid reason to dislike imageboards. It is a compromise in my opinion.
>After two or three years of experience, you'll start to notice patterns and realize that you've seen everything these communities have to offerYou can have this sort of cynical view of any community on the internet, or in real life even. But if you look closely, it's often not really true. Today's 4chan often seems like a broken record. But 4chan has also been the place where someone came up with a mathematical proof while discussing the correct order to watch the haruhi anime episodes.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-an-anonymous-4chan-post-helped-solve-a-25-year-old-math-puzzle/TL;DR: I think the article highlights several real problems of current day anonymous imageboards. However, I do not think it makes a strong argument as to why these problems are inherent to the medium of anonymous imageboards and not a plague of a few specific communities.
>>3841
We could try to pitch ourselves as a high-moderation alternative to 4chan for some of 4chan's generals. Would the admins and userbase be ok with that however? Those communities are in and of themselves more alive than 22chan and have their own pre-existing culture and values that don't necessarily align with 22chan's. If any of them even will want to come here is also not an obvious thing.
>>3810
You can't really force people post if they don't want to. We can get more people so the 1% gets bigger. We can encourage people to post, and we can try to come up with threads that aren't hard to participate in. But I can't think of much more than that