> That feels untrue. 4chan was launched only in 2003. Forums are much older than that. Web forums are basically as old as the web; I have accounts that are old

> That feels untrue. 4chan was launched only in 2003. Forums are much older than that. Web forums are basically as old as the web; I have accounts that are older than 4chan on forums (what I believe is the oldest forum that I have an account on, which also has my oldest continuous forum account [though not my first forum account] launched in 1996 -- I didn't join until 2002.) Online forums, more generally, are older than the web, whether you are talking about email listservers, nntp groups, or CompuServe forums.