I have stopped lurking imageboards (lie) as of late.
It is sad to see, but people repeat themselves a lot, and after seeing so much the same stuff over and over I just got tired.
I ended up becoming a discord troon and trying to add people on that platform. Had much more luck there, but my behaviour does repulse many and I also came across a lot of assholes.
The issue now is to see if I can find a place where I feel comfortable. I tend to lurk 8chan.moe and /sp/ now, any other place is unbearable to me now.