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The communities are generally significantly smaller but yes. Двач, 8chan, lain, and sharty come to mind.

They're rarely "nice" places though (lain is fairly pleasant).

Ironically, IME the smaller imageboard is the higher average discussion quality ends up. I really enjoy having anonymous discussions on smaller chans, though of course it's still not a very productive endeavor (just like reading reddit or HN).

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