Despite all its problems, this is one thing I like about 4chan. Minimal banner ads, large images are auto-collapsed (so they don't overwhelm the text), and menus/settings that do exist are almost entirely auto-hidden. Also no mid-post image embedding, emotes, or 90s-era forum signatures. Every post is just text, with an optional image attachment.
EDIT: Are these downvotes about the content on 4chan, which indeed is generally terrible, or my thoughts on its UI design?
4chan derives its design from Japanese forums, and the Japanese web for had a very minimalistic design to a huge part of it, even up to today, due to C-HTML and use from flip phones.
EDIT: Are these downvotes about the content on 4chan, which indeed is generally terrible, or my thoughts on its UI design?