That some people expect will happen if the site comes back online????  What the hell does that even mean? It's a fact, not an opinion... all image boards like 4chan and 8chan have been plagued with DDOS attacks since the beginning of their existence...  4chan and 8chan have always been DDOS'ed and will always be DDOS'ed as long as they are online. It wouldn't even be usable if they don't have a reliable company protecting against the attacks.  So it's all pretty straightforward and simple -- if they don't have an ironclad company like cloudflare to protect them, then there's absolutely no point in coming back on line until they do.