There's many reasons why I find it refreshing. Other than anonymity, talking to people who have no incentive to karma-farm is very refreshing. In websites lik

There's many reasons why I find it refreshing. Other than anonymity, talking to people who have no incentive to karma-farm is very refreshing. In websites like Reddit/HackerNews, the karma system gamifies posting. You "lose" if you post any wrongthink, and you "win" when you reiterate whatever is socially acceptable. This means there are consequences to posting. In *chan websites, there is no consequence to posting your thoughts (or just trolling, because that's fun sometimes).