imageboard
imageboard noun: 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.
Noun
imageboard (plural imageboards)
- 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.
- 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, →ISBN
- 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, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- chan
Synonyms of imageboard
Forms of imageboard
| plural | imageboards |
|---|---|
| alternative form | image board |
Origin of imageboard
Compound of image + board.
Questions about imageboard
- What does imageboard mean?
- Imageboard means 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.
- What part of speech is imageboard?
- Imageboard is a noun.
- What is the plural of imageboard?
- The plural of imageboard is imageboards.
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