8chan was basically a fringe free speech internet Forum. Following the pattern of many free speech forums it got attacked by the mainstream after the Christchurch shooter made a post on it. Its the type of board where there is a bunch of junk that you can't find anywhere else on the internet.  Amidst the junk there are some diamonds in the rough--Previously Q was posting on 8chan. There was a section of the forum dedicated entirely to Q research. That is why patriots want it to come back. Supposedly Jim Watkins the owner of 8chan was working directly with Q to make the forum a more secure place for posting, and it is coming back sometime soon under the name 8KUN