It's also great that even though certain boards have heavy biases (e.g., /pol/ is overwhelmingly right wing, /o/ mostly hates American cars, etc.), you can stil

It's also great that even though certain boards have heavy biases (e.g., /pol/ is overwhelmingly right wing, /o/ mostly hates American cars, etc.), you can still walk into the proverbial lion's den with an opinion that goes against the prevailing narrative and have an interesting discussion about it. There's no instant censorship through downvoting, and, as you hinted at, there's no upvoting just because people like the username that posted. Quote from the current owner of 4chan: "All information is treated equally; only an accurate argument will work."