>He rejected the doomsayers who viewed imageboards as a dying format that would never catch on with the young generation. He disregarded endless complaining about "n00bs like me" and sought to build from the ground up, a new generation of young imageboard users who would match and surpass the percieved golden era of imageboards back in the 2000s.

I wonder how it is even possible? I'm old enough to use Win 98 as my first OS. Over the years I've spend countless hours using Web 1.0, IRC, XMPP, etc. I remember the life without a smartphone or the mobile web. But even for me the concept and design of the sited looks dated.

Teenagers nowadays use Discord. Discord "servers" (as they call it) are basically modern-era imageboards. Some of them are really wild! Discord is trendy. It has everything a modern user expects: a native mobile app, a desktop app, a voice chat, "modern" design, etc.. The userbase is large, basically everyone's using it. And you don't have to wait for a reply, you can get an instant attention. It doesn't work well for long-term discussions - but most imageboards are about quick shitposting anyway. And attention span is ridiculously short nowadays.

I just can't understand how are you going to contend with such an established service? How a niche site with an outdated interface can gain any attention at all?

Mind you, I'm not a Discord user myself. I just get why it's so popular.