>I think it's interesting to realize that your only real currency on anonymous message boards is the quality Perhaps initially, but an equally effective curren

>I think it's interesting to realize that your only real currency on anonymous message boards is the quality Perhaps initially, but an equally effective currency is shock/bait value. And when reply counts are the only way to keep threads alive, it's often the most provocative but not necessarily highest quality threads that garner replies and snowball. In fact in the case of many boards it often leads a pool of low quality drudge as the user count increases.