I'm a newbie; I discovered 4-ch few days ago. I'm just here to offer my two cents.

I think 4-ch has the potential of becomming popular, it just needs some (read = alot of) work to be done. Right now it isn't a really welcoming community, is it? With all the name-calling, trolling, posts like >>174 , etc, etc... The layout needs a serious face-lift too. At it's current state 4-ch isn't a board I'd recommend my friends to visit.

I'm sorry for any typos or strange choises of words. English isn't my firs language.