bulletin board
noun
1
: a board for posting notices (as at a school)
2
: a public electronic forum that allows users to post or read messages : message board
… a personal computer, a modem, and a telephone line are all you need to run your own bulletin board …—
John Seabrook
John SeabrookComputer bulletin board services offer up the glories of e-mail, the thought provocation of news-groups, the sharing of ideas implicit in public posting, and the interaction of real-time chats. The fabulous, wonderful, limitless world of communication is just waiting for you to log on.—M. Kadi
M. KadiExamples of bulletin board in a Sentence
Our teacher put our pictures up on the bulletin board.
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In the workers’ break room, managers stripped the dedicated union bulletin board and removed the binders containing the collective-bargaining agreement.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025
There, Chee finds a bulletin board with pictures of U.S. border agents, including Bern.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025
The argument that these social media companies are merely digital bulletin boards in a virtual public square falls on deaf ears when their bottom lines directly benefit from algorithms that promote provocative content.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
In January, after an anonymous social media complaint was made over a bulletin board containing rainbow signs and welcoming messages at Seven Oaks Elementary School in Eagle, the bulletin board was swiftly removed, the Statesman reported.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 3 Apr. 2025
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E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025
There, Chee finds a bulletin board with pictures of U.S. border agents, including Bern.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025
The argument that these social media companies are merely digital bulletin boards in a virtual public square falls on deaf ears when their bottom lines directly benefit from algorithms that promote provocative content.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
In January, after an anonymous social media complaint was made over a bulletin board containing rainbow signs and welcoming messages at Seven Oaks Elementary School in Eagle, the bulletin board was swiftly removed, the Statesman reported.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Bulletin board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulletin%20board. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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