The imageboard as it's usually thought of today began in Japan. '''Futaba Channel''', a spin-off of the popular text-based discussion board ''2-Channel'' [[note]][[NoPronunciationGuide Officially pronounced "Ni-Channel", but most English netizens are comfortable with just calling it "Two-Channel"]][[/note]] (2ch) is probably the best-known. Sometimes the blanket term 'wakaba style' board is used (''wakaba'' referring to the board software that runs the board), traditionally allowing anonymous posting with a self-enforcing theme and standard that hopefully keeps it from becoming too mediocre.

The best-known in the US is probably '''4chan''', created in 2003 to serve as an English-language version of Futaba Channel. Especially among [[OccidentalOtaku American]] {{otaku}} [[note]]Or, although the term is used more in a negative sense, [[ThePerryBibleFellowship "Weeaboo"]][[/note]], it's quite popular for the [[MemeticMutation generator of memes]] and, due to [[{{GIFT}} anonymous users and loose moderation]], extremely variable quality; for these reasons, one could see imageboards to be the antithesis of social networking sites such as {{Twitter}} and {{Facebook}}.

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The imageboard as it's usually thought of today began in Japan. '''Futaba Channel''', a spin-off of the popular text-based discussion board ''2-Channel''[[note]][[NoPronunciationGuide Officially pronounced "Ni-Channel", but most English netizens are comfortable with just calling it "Two-Channel"]][[/note]] (2ch) is probably the best-known. Sometimes the blanket term 'wakaba style' board is used (''wakaba'' referring to the board software that runs the board), traditionally allowing anonymous posting with a self-enforcing theme and standard that hopefully keeps it from becoming too mediocre.

The best-known in the US is probably '''4chan''', created in 2003 to serve as an English-language version of Futaba Channel. Especially among [[OccidentalOtaku American]] {{otaku}}[[note]]Or, although the term is used more in a negative sense, [[ThePerryBibleFellowship "Weeaboo"]][[/note]], it's quite popular for the [[MemeticMutation generator of memes]] and, due to [[{{GIFT}} anonymous users and loose moderation]], extremely variable quality; for these reasons, one could see imageboards to be the antithesis of social networking sites such as {{Twitter}} and {{Facebook}}.

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The imageboard as it's usually thought of today began in Japan. '''Futaba Channel''', a spin-off of the popular text-based discussion board ''2-Channel'' [[hottip:*:[[NoPronunciationGuide Officially pronounced "Ni-Channel", but most English netizens are comfortable with just calling it "Two-Channel"]] (2ch) is probably the best-known. Sometimes the blanket term 'wakaba style' board is used (''wakaba'' referring to the board software that runs the board), traditionally allowing anonymous posting with a self-enforcing theme and standard that hopefully keeps it from becoming too mediocre.

The best-known in the US is probably '''4chan''', created in 2003 to serve as an English-language version of Futaba Channel. Especially among [[OccidentalOtaku American]] {{otaku}} [[hottip:*:Or, although the term is used more in a negative sense, [[ThePerryBibleFellowship "Weeaboo"]], it's quite popular for the [[MemeticMutation generator of memes]] and, due to [[{{GIFT}} anonymous users and loose moderation]], extremely variable quality; for these reasons, one could see imageboards to be the antithesis of social networking sites such as {{Twitter}} and {{Facebook}}.

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The imageboard as it's usually thought of today began in Japan. '''Futaba Channel''', a spin-off of the popular text-based discussion board ''2-Channel'' [[note]][[NoPronunciationGuide Officially pronounced "Ni-Channel", but most English netizens are comfortable with just calling it "Two-Channel"[[/note]] (2ch) is probably the best-known. Sometimes the blanket term 'wakaba style' board is used (''wakaba'' referring to the board software that runs the board), traditionally allowing anonymous posting with a self-enforcing theme and standard that hopefully keeps it from becoming too mediocre.

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