Why are we still using image boards in [current year]?

The features of imageboards (8ch in particular) if anything make them more resilient against becoming subverted.

No you goddamn faggot, if you honestly believe your own bullshit on this point then you need to fuck right off this very moment.

We already did you nigger. See that little 'plus' sign up top?

Nothing, nigger. Listen. Listen to me. Listen to the words coming from my mouth. Nothing that you say matters.
A) your opinion doesn't matter. No one cares.
B) there is no "we", no "us"; "we" are not "on here together". You are by yourself on a little row boat. Floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Just because there's other boats in the sea doesn't mean you have a relationship with them. They just pass you by and call you a little sissy bitch faggot (tbh you are). You don't get to look at the 750ft fully manned pleasure yacht and say "Wow look at what us boat builders accomplished! Aren't we great!!" just because some niggers thousands of years ago discovered how to sail (lemme break down the allegory for you: the Internet), and this information is so widely available and the means of small-boat construction so cheap and easy-to-use (getting on the Internet), and you were able to build your own shitty little boat (this post), doesn't mean you can look at other boats, often bigger and more ornate than yours (other Chan users) and say "damn look at what we've done! How could we make the sea better for our awesome boats!".
C) your points are both ignorant and go against the _one_ redeeming quality of the chans, and that is that nothing stated here matters. N o t h i n g. In fact, only what YOU (not "we") remember will have any bearing on your life. See a thought you find intriguing, it's up to YOU, the individual, to flesh it out.
D) damn OP is a glowinthdark Cia niggerfaggot.

kek, no. Good post except for that.

Go make a better alternative. “We” will wait.

This used to be a feature, a + of imageboards not a -. You had to be there, you had to be an active part of the community to know what's going on. That's before redditors started making home in imageboards and demanding all content to be archived whether officially or by a third party archiver.

That works great for /b/, but when you have a board about technical subjects with actual information, you want to have that shit archived and searchable.

No, you do not. You have active discussions about whatever it is you care about. Write a blog post if you think it's quality worth preserving or future generations.

I'm working on something else that might alleviate some problems listed in the OP but it'll be a piece of software not a new platform.

The real question is: why are we using social software where EVERYONE can participate? You don't want retards posting. You want good users only.

This board is composed mostly of lusers who couldn't code their way out of a paper bag. What we really want is a board for hackers, engineers, people who can actually make shit happen. Anyone else need not apply.

Elitism is the answer.