4chan has censorship and extensive and active moderation but the levels for what is acceptable are lower than most other sites. Unlike Reddit, moderators are hi

4chan has censorship and extensive and active moderation but the levels for what is acceptable are lower than most other sites. Unlike Reddit, moderators are hidden there's no way to know if a user is a mod or not. I like this way of removing ego and moderator abuse but this makes the place seem more chaotic, unaccountable and lawless. In theory it's possible to have the same kind of site with the regular family friendly content and with strict (i.e. normal) levels of moderation. In practice we don't see this. I think it's because the levels of active moderation by humans needs to be high. So 4chan can get away with less spent on moderation because their levels are lower.