It might not work for that reason. However, many that have left have told me that they have because of how things currently work. From my best non-subjective take, I don't judge us as a particular standout for our thoughtful discussion. We are ok at times, not great at others. That matches most of the feedback I get.
I don't know if I understand your idea. But I think it's fine here. Especially compared to other websites. I did dip for a while but that was a me problem. I was thinking about online interactions and I think they're by nature just prone to unique problems I was also thinking about how for most of history thoughtful interaction was limited to media that took hours-years. The debate me bros like Ben Shapiro think debate is the finest form of logic when it's just an argument. Philosophers would spend years writing long reactions to some argument they disagreed with that they read years after it was written after taking years to write. I don't have an example but you probably catch my drift. And science? Woo buddy