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None of those are imageboards
They are imageboards. Just because their layout is slicker than imageboards used to look like 25 years ago doesn't make them not imageboards
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/imageboard
By that definition sure they are, but that's a really odd definition which would include basically all internet websites with some forum-esque component and images, including Lemmy and Reddit and twitter.
I would use the "List of imageboards" from this article instead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imageboard
Neither is 4chan
But it is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'll hear you out if you care to elaborate though.
Tell that to all the text that comprises most content in every board. Calling it more of an imageboard than sites that devote almost-all of every page to images is backwards. 4chan is a forum or BBS-minus-dial-in with delusions of grandeur.
I love it for what its for, but "imageboard" really ain't it, and has never been what it was known for. Might as well preach the glory/legitimacy of Pepe NFTs as that narrative.
Hah I meant Instagram and Pinterest, obviously 4chan is an imageboard