Run by a person, not a platform.
m4a1.wtf is free and has no company behind it. Here is how it is run.
Self hosted on purpose
m4a1.wtf by Asta runs on hardware that Nick Stahl owns, in Germany. There are no ads, no analytics service and no third party trackers on your page.
Visits without surveillance
You see views, visitors and clicks. A visit is counted from a scrambled value that changes every day and is thrown away after two days. The address behind it is never stored with your stats.
Moderated by people
Anyone can report a page and a person reads it. Warnings, suspensions, bans and terminations are numbered cases with a reason you can read, and one appeal.