Imageboard

An image board is a bulletin board system (BBS ) on the Internet, information exchanged via the mainly pictures or smaller binaries. About this is then discussed. Here, the BBS is divided into specific categories, so-called boards, subjects ranging from general to very specific.

Features

Imageboards derived from the bulletin boards, differ in some respects from traditional customary in western culture Internet forums. Due to space problems at first Imageboards the practice, all posts after a certain time, for example when reaching the hypothetical page 11, to delete automatically, so only recent threads are accessible established. In addition, users are usually anonymous and post under a common name, for normal user login or registration is usually not necessary or even possible, recognition is optionally provided by TripAdvisor codes.

Known boards

Futaba Channel

Futaba Channel (Japaneseふたば ☆ ちゃんねる, Futaba Channeru from futaba for " two leaves " ), a Japanese imageboard, probably the first of its kind, was established as an alternative point of 2channel users, as this was threatened with closure. Served as a model for many other imageboards.

4chan

4chan ( Japanese: Yotsuba, literally " four leaves " ) is modeled as the most popular and largest English-language imageboard Futaba Channel said.

Krautchan

Krautchan is a German imageboard. The name is an allusion to the English term herb. The board was especially known for the shooting rampage in Winnenden, as an allegedly thence derived, fake notice of the fact in the media was spreading unchecked.