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noun

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.

an online discussion group that is maintained on such a website: To participate in the message board, you must be a registered user.

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Also called discussion board, forum .

Origin of message board

First recorded in 1990–95

Words nearby message board

Mesozoic, mesquite, mess, mess about, message, message board, message center, Messager, message stick, message switching, message unit

How to use message board in a sentence

It’s called Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act, and it ruled that internet platforms, or message boards as they then were largely called, are not legally liable for false or defamatory information posted by users.
Twenty-Six Words Created the Internet. What Will It Take to Save It?|Stephen Engelberg|February 9, 2021|ProPublica
A later post on 9chan — an even more extreme message board — appeared to be from the same user describing how he was probing the moderation on TheDonald, trying to figure out exactly how far he could go without getting his comments deleted.
TheDonald’s owner speaks out on why he finally pulled plug on hate-filled site|Craig Timberg, Drew Harwell|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen convened a meeting Thursday of the financial sector’s Washington minders to discuss how an army of day-traders organizing through online message boards set off wild swings in some stocks.
Yellen, after meeting with regulators, says stock market showed resilience through GameStop frenzy|Tory Newmyer|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
The SEC already is sifting through social media and message boards for evidence of such efforts, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday.
GameStop frenzy leaves behind a mess for Wall Street regulators|Tory Newmyer, David J. Lynch|February 3, 2021|Washington Post

Weeks earlier, an anonymous figure, whose views, aired on a Reddit message board, would ultimately rock the establishment on Wall Street and in Washington, had invested $3,030 in the company.
The GameStop stock craze is about a populist uprising against Wall Street. But it’s more complicated than that.|David J. Lynch|February 1, 2021|Washington Post
Matson wrote in February on a gaming message board for Warhmmer fans.
The U.S. Veteran and Wisconsin Boy Who Went to Fight ISIS in Syria|Jacob Siegel|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It began as a message board,” the former veterinarian told me.
I’m 25 and I Have the Angie Gene|Abby Haglage|May 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A solitary commenter on the message board is less impressed, however: 'Seriously?!!!!
What Harry Ate|Tom Sykes|March 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
“Calling someone Cohen is NOT the same as calling someone priest,” wrote one message-board poster.
The Big Baby-Naming Battle|Pamela Redmond Satran/Nameberry|May 5, 2009|DAILY BEAST
“I think he wanted someone to stop him, save him from himself,” guessed one commenter on an online message board.
Why Do People Broadcast Their Suicides?|Constantino Diaz-Duran|December 2, 2008|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for message board

message board

noun

an internet discussion forum

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