Go beyond the "rulecuck" vs "freeaboo" paradygm and realise that true freedom of speech happens in a community that's antagonistic to its moderation.
The true dichotomy is one of harmony vs chaos. 8chan by its principle goes against everything chaotic, whenever a community is trheatened by something it doesn't understand, it leaves for its own board.
Then, on the individual level, you have hotwheels intervening to shut down any kind of conflict and competition, trying to take the reins.
On micro and macro, 8chan stamps out anything unique, sometimes something is about to be born, but it's aborted rapidly. Either by the userbase, by the moderation or by the administration.
chaos, conflict, competition, confusion.
these 4 things make for an amazing atmosphere of OC and creativity.
4chan is deeply chaotic, moreso than anything 8cuck can ever try:
It has a fast posting speed, lots of more posts allow for more randomness in results, the high number of posts is something that the moderation team simply can't stamp out, by their nature, it's too hard to delete and ban everything you see. Never the less, the moderation deletes any posts it finds disagreeable, like on 8gag, but the differenec is that the userbase isn't taking it up the ass: only a small minority of 4channers truly agree with the moderation's actions, most of them see it as a nuisance. The complete opposite of what you have on 8dud.
This transforms the imageboard itno a game of cat and mouse, with posters expressing themselves' outside of the limit of the moderation, and invoking rules only when they fit them. It's a crazy game of chance and ability, that creates for quirky situations.
order, rule-worship, equality, assburger
These 4 ruin the OC atmosphere, and only allow serious discussions.
Serious discussions aren't bad per se, but they're stifling when it's the only thing on a board. You need a high number of positive shitposting, and a low percentage of serious discussions, the more a post breaks estabilished conventions, the higher quality it is.
In short: diversity makes us great, cultural enrichment can only happen in a chaotic space, the vagina of harmony must be fertilized by the cock of chaos else cucks are born, the less you understand something, the better it gets.
Take the golden apple, kid.