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Type of site | 4chan imageboard |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Hiroyuki Nishimura |
| Founder(s) | Christopher Poole |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | 2003; 21 years ago |
| Current status | Online |
/b/, also called random,[1] is an anonymous imageboard on 4chan. It was the first board created during the establishment of the platform in 2003, and it then stood for "anime/random".[2][3] While /b/ permits discussion and posting of any sort of content,[4] the community etiquette is to self-limit discussion on /b/ of those topics that are specialties or the focus of other boards on 4chan. /b/ is one of the most popular imageboards on 4chan, next to /pol/ (politically incorrect). Due to its popularity and notoriety, it overshadows the website with a bad reputation. The Washington Post described /b/ as "an unfathomable grab-bag of the random, the gross and the downright bizarre".[5]
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