I distinctly remember getting particularly into imageboards when following along some anime CYOA fanfiction (Magia Revolution), which lead me to a 2-3 year 4chan affixation in the early 2010s. This ended with me mostly frequenting the textboards. from there I found iichan, wakachan, (memorably, /azu/) and ended up frequenting SAOVQ and DQN, back in the ( ˃ ヮ˂) era, around VIPTRONIC 8. Eventually the 4chan textboards shut down leading me to primarily haunt 4-ch, though I had brief stops at hellochannel.or.gs, sageru, afternoon post office and carpe diem. Wow, what a blast from the past!