Kuro5hin
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| Owner | Rusty Foster |
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| Website | kuro5hin |
| Alexa rank | 99,182 |
| Launched | December 1999 |
| Current status | Offline |
| IP address | 69.9.170.99 |
Kuro5hin (K5) (/kəˈroʊʒən/corrosion) was a collaborative discussion website founded by Rusty Foster in 1999. Articles were created and submitted by users and submitted to a queue for evaluation. Site members could vote for or against publishing an article and once the article had reached a certain number of votes, it was published to the site or deleted from the queue. The site has been described as "a free-for-all of news and opinion written by readers".
The site was founded by Rusty Foster in December 1999, having been inspired by Slashdot. Kuro5hin's membership once numbered in the tens of thousands, but its popularity declined significantly from its peak in the early 2000s.
On May 1, 2016, the site was closed down permanently with all content taken offline. However, according to Foster, it may return in the form of an archive of static content at a later date.
On May 3rd, 2016, "The Wreck of Edmund Kuro5hin" was published on advogato by badvogato.
All content was generated and selected by the users themselves, with the exception of site news written by the administrators. Registered users would submit stories to the submissions queue where other users would vote +1 FP (front page), +1, 0, or -1. If the story reached a predetermined threshold score, it was posted to the front page or to the relevant section, depending on the proportion of "FP votes". If it failed to make the threshold, other factors (such as number of comments, type of comments, and their ratings) could still cause the story to be posted to a section or to the front page. Otherwise, it was dropped.
One feature of the story queue was edit mode, in which a story was protected from voting for a period of time during which the author could make changes. Comments could still be made on the story to suggest changes before voting began. These comments were distinguished as being editorial or topical.
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