Just a warning that some of the search header images are NSFW. After seeing that they were randomized, I starting going through them and got a dildo for one.
EDIT: They've got them listed under an open index on https://4get.ca/banner/ if you want to see them all.
4 Chan continues to be the best actually "free"/borderline unmoderated forum to this date.
It just comes with the problems that come from allowing it's users to speak whatever they want - anonymously... Hence you usually get everything there, from the most insightful to the most offensive.
You might prefer a highly moderated platform such as HN, but 4Chan has it's own strengths if looked at from a natural position
it's not entirely unmoderated. some of the rules are being enforced fairly strictly - for example, NSFW images on SFW boards get reported and erased within minutes. blatant spammers, shills, and schizos get dealt with too. only residential IPs can post, which reduces the volume of shit quite a bit. a dedicated schizo can shit up a thread, a coordinated raid can shit up a whole board, but given the ephemeral nature of 4chan, it's like pissing in an ocean of piss.
rather, it is politically unmoderated. which is, of course, the pearl-clutching anathema.
Nor does one have to use a browser in order do "metasearch". For example, I have a script that queries over 60 search engines directly, from the command line, and returns SQL. I can combine results from many sources into custom SERPs comprised of simple HTML for text-only browser, no Javascript, CSS, etc.
Unfortunately, pooled search proxies have a finite lifetime, like scroogle.org
