It's crazy that I've seen some of the most heinous things on 4chan. VRchat is one of the worst places for kids to this day and no good parents allow their kids on VRchat. That is freaking wild.
- The 4chan Myth: "Aggressive, 24/7 Global Paid Janitors"
The claim that 4chan has a "sophisticated, 24/7 global team of paid and volunteer moderators" keeping it clean is a massive stretch.
The Reality: 4chan's moderation team (affectionately or derisively called "janitors") consists almost entirely of unpaid volunteers. Their moderation style is notoriously hands-off, reactive, and localized to specific boards.
The Truth in the Claim: 4chan does use automated fingerprinting tools like PhotoDNA. However, they didn't implement these out of corporate goodwill—they were legally backed into a corner after years of massive federal and international pressure regarding severe illegal material.
The Exaggeration: To do anything comparable as considering 4chan to be a multi-million dollar pristine corporation ignores its entire history. It is a textboard that has historically operated on a shoestring budget, relying heavily on ad networks that frequently drop them, and surviving on the absolute bare minimum of infrastructure required to avoid getting shut down by the government. - Gemini AI
- The VRChat Myth: "Massive, Flawless Automated Safety Teams"
The speaker frames VRChat as an iron-clad fortress of safety because of its corporate backing. Anyone who has spent an hour in a public VRChat lobby knows this isn't true.
The Reality: VRChat is famous for its "Wild West" atmosphere. Because users can upload custom avatars and private worlds, it is incredibly difficult for automated tools to scan 3D assets for toxic, hateful, or inappropriate content in real-time.
The Exaggeration: While VRChat absolutely has a Trust & Safety team and a reporting system, a huge burden of the moderation is pushed onto the community (vote-kicking, private instances, and blocking). It is far from an automated, corporate-scrubbed paradise. - Gemini AI
"Not 100% Foolproof" Section 230 protects platforms from being sued for what their users post, provided the platform acts in good faith to remove illegal content when notified.
There are bans, reports, AI moderation, Creators of generators also exercise control over chatrooms, there is an effort in good faith to moderate the website within reason, a 24/7 human staff cannot be expected for Perchance, the same is true for many other websites that are in operation. If you want to sue somebody just do it, you complain about it, you make a lot of claims, yet the Dev is not intimidated by you.