On: The best way to have complex discussions?

[metadat]

By "Image board", do you mean 4chan? Or does this also include the likes of reddit and hn?

[James_K → metadat]

I refer to all the chan sites and many other sites in the same style. Reddit and HN are not image boards. HN doesn't even have images. They are link/content aggregators.

[metadat → James_K]

There are other chan sites of note? Interesting.

[xcdzvyn → metadat]

The communities are generally significantly smaller but yes. Двач, 8chan, lain, and sharty come to mind.

They're rarely "nice" places though (lain is fairly pleasant).

[hifromwork → xcdzvyn]

Ironically, IME the smaller imageboard is the higher average discussion quality ends up. I really enjoy having anonymous discussions on smaller chans, though of course it's still not a very productive endeavor (just like reading reddit or HN).