>>327496
This is very true. I've been cruising around the altchans, and an observation that struck was that they are dead because of the weight of their own past. And its like it, as you say, that past has stopped the creativity and experimentation. Its like they have turned into a museum. And the best solution could think of is to simply delete everything. All threads, archives, everything. And simply start fresh and see what fills the void.
I am still convinced the anonymous image board format is the single best format for brainstorming, creating, and developing ideas. But it is meant to be a laboratory, not a museum. And I think this is effecting "chan culture". It just got burdened by its own past. I like 8chan/8kun, which are like museums to the legendary 8chan of old. Those sites are completely dead, and I think a large part is the old content. The best things they could do is delete everything, and simply start again.
I wonder if I could put it like this. "creativity and experimentation occur from filling a void and discovering a frontier. When creativity and experimentation cease, the void and frontier need to be artificially recreated". I think everyone understands that internet culture came from exploring a new frontier, but now it is settled and owned by big businesses. But the great thing about the internet, the digital world, is new frontiers can easily be created.