On the Nature of Forums

[FdL]

For all that people speak negatively about 4chan (and even in this very thread it seems that mentioning its name is taboo (?)) I have to say that in my experience not only you can have interesting and civil discussions in some of their forums, but also that the way they unfold is not *that* different from how they would elsewhere. For example here.

I've been reading and contributing to the Vegan thread (20 pages last time I checked), and I was left with that impression.