4chan honestly just fails to be an effective platform for a small to medium size community of a mostly constant crowd of people, especially when the community is centered around something identifiable such as an anon's character in an MMO, a person in VRChat, an artist with a recognizable style on /ic/, etc.
in every case the thread just turns into a dumping ground where new people check first to enter the community and old members post anonymous melties, schizoposts, and gossip
this is the case for the majority of generals on /vg/ and many of the smaller hobby boards as well. discord really is the superior platform if you wanna have meaningful discussions and connections with people, accountable under a username, about a subject you care about. 4chan's style of communication works best under different conditions