So there's /news/, /pol/, /polpol/, /leftypol/, /midpol/, /intpol/, /pn/ - what the fuck is really going on here? Is the logical end to an open-source discussion board to splinter into boards for each and every fucking user?
Is the division of political discourse on the internet (8ch in particular) an attempt to stifle thoughtful discussion and the progress of activism? Is the splintering of /pol/ communities an intentional maneuver to disable them? Are we being sorted by ideology and quarantined, one by one, into our own "hugboxes"?