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plural imageboards
(Internet) A type of message board that revolves around the posting of images, with optional associated text, often characterized by the near lack of moderation and by the freedom to discuss any topic. quotations examples
An imageboard is a type of posting board centered around the posting of images. A very famous imageboard is 4chan.org.
2014, Jessica L. Beyer, Expect Us: Online Communities and Political Mobilization, Oxford University Press
The concept for Anonymous began when American-run imageboard 4chan, a website created in 2003 for sharing images with accompanying comments, followed in the footsteps of the Japanese imageboard 2channel by allowing an anti-signup system where comment posters could remain anonymous.
2018, Barney Warf, The SAGE Encyclopedia of the Internet, SAGE