Niche boards like this are the best, you can actually have a discussion. Tubgurl is actually starting to get a lot faster I've noticed, which is nice, because it reminds me of old school /b/ in a lot of ways. When did /b/ on 4chan just turn into another porn board anyway?
But the key to getting the most out of niche boards is to just keep several of them up in tabs. If you're reading and posting on 3-5 it doesn't feel "slow" and imho can easily replace the 4chan experience. I only use 4chan now to lurk every now and then because fuck that captcha and all the boards are infested with ubernormies now. /g/ is a shadow of its former self, it's sad. I guess >>18565 is sorta the best /g/ alternative. Some normies yes but definitely not as much phoneposting going on there.