>>1307Half-chan had too many lame mods and janitors. The system in place for 8chan rewards having mods and janitors that aren't lame. Look at how the original board for GamerGate got fucked and now they have a new one. People can and will move.
Also, if you have a worthwhile subject matter, you can make your own board. You're not confined to certain ones. Somewhat similar to leddit, but it doesn't have the leddit circlejerks of upvotes and downvotes.
8chan also has a statistics place where you can effectively rate all the boards and where the better ones are at the top. More posts per hour, more posters, more total posts all point to success and bring more people in. All accessible on one page. You don't have to just guess which one is the more successful.
There's also a lot less restrictions as to what's okay to post vs what's not, and that's always nice. CP is of course illegal to post as it should be, as are other things - but look at a set of board rules for an 8chan board and a half-chan board and you'll see a pretty big size difference.
The only thing that 4chan has on 8chan is size and history, but history isn't worth much in the end and I'm working to get 8chan - the site with the system - the size it deserves.
Aside from the system, Hotwheels has one of the biggest pairs I've ever seen and I respect him more than how I used to respect moot (which was a lot).
I am Pro-GG. I don't hate moot for what he did, I understand that he was probably under a lot of pressure to shut down GG threads, and I can't demand that he not cave into demands - but Hotwheels offered GG a new home and GG is still here six months later is probably a large part of that. Hotwheels therefore deserves a lot more of my respect than moot, and so what I do is not just because I think 8chan has a better system, but because I respect Hotwheels immensely.