8chan and similar make no money. The reason they are able to survive is the cost to run a site is so low (with DDoS protection being critical to lowering resour

8chan and similar make no money. The reason they are able to survive is the cost to run a site is so low (with DDoS protection being critical to lowering resource usage). Additionally, being on the clearnet is much more accessible to people than having to install Tor, find the onion address and navigate to it. Every barrier added to accessibility bottlenecks the number of people that end up on your site.