An idea has been presented, and I'd like to hear what people here think before making any changes. I'm personally indifferent, so feel free to tell me either how stupid this idea is, or how much you like it, as the case may be.
The suggestion was to make a board similar to /townhall/ from ponyville.us, specifically for discussions of a serious nature.
We already have /void/ for political shitposts, and we're phasing politics out of /chat/, so this would be the place for political discussions or any other serious discussions. /disc/ or something equivalent.
There's no specific reason why this board would need to be anonymous-only, but #Anonymous could be enabled thread by thread just as it is on the site right now. (This should be a toggle option on all posts, and is one of the things I've got on my list and will be working on soonish, among many other bug fixes and usability updates.)
Since we already have /void/ for the shitposts, I think we can be a lot stricter with the moderation than they are over on ponyville, just for comparison. The sorts of jabs that are common over on /townhall/, especially from those who share the majority view with the staff there, would ideally not be allowed. As it is, this sort of thing is
already allowed on /void/ and is perfectly suited for /void/, so there's just no reason to have it at all on a serious discussion board.
I'm not sure if people would want such a place here.