message board

noun

1. a website or section of a website that is used for public discussion of a specific topic and on which users can submit or read messages:

   You should post your questions on a parenting message board and get support from other parents.

2. an online discussion group that is maintained on such a website:

   To participate in the message board, you must be a registered user.

message board

noun

1. an internet discussion forum

Word History and Origins

Origin of message board¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

Elon Musk’s America political action committee has started a community – akin to a message board – on X, filled with rumours and allegations about voting.

From BBC

It, too, is a fake, and part of an effort co-ordinated on the fringe message board 4chan.

From BBC

Posts on anonymous work social message board Blind appear to confirm elements of the story, originally reported by the Financial Times.

From BBC

The GameStop stock craze of early 2021 was, after all, a breakout moment for Reddit, perhaps the clearest example of the message board’s power to set off bizarro fads that send offline institutions reeling.

From Slate

“I thought it was some rich guy thing where he was talking in a room at his house and he had some message board. A few months later, after seeing Christina do stand-up, he was like, ‘you two should do a podcast together.’”

From Los Angeles Times