Kuro5hin

Kuro5hin
Web address kuro5hin.org
Owner Rusty Foster
Launched December 1999
Alexa rank
 99,182[1]
IP address 69.9.170.99[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Current status Offline

Kuro5hin (K5) (/kəˈroʊʒən/[8][9] corrosion[10]) was a collaborative discussion website. Articles were created and submitted by Kuro5hin's 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 then published to the site or deleted from the queue.[11] The site has been described as "a free-for-all of news and opinion written by readers".[12]

The site was founded by Rusty Foster in December 1999, having been inspired by Slashdot.[10] Kuro5hin's membership once numbered in the tens of thousands,[11] but its popularity declined significantly from its peak in the early 2000s.[13] On May 1, 2016, the site was closed down permanently.[14] However, according to Foster, it may return in the form of an archive of static content at a later date.[15]

Overview

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.[16][17][18]

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.

A further section was known as the diaries. Having no editing or moderation vetting, diaries were essentially weblogs.[19] and formed the source of most of Kuro5hin's content by volume. However, unlike the edited article sections, they were not widely syndicated. Other users would also comment on these diaries in the same way as stories but with without the editorial or topical stipulation.

History

Rusty Foster named Kuro5hin — pronounced corrosion — as a pun on his first name.[10] The site was powered by the Scoop collaborative system, originally written by Rusty himself,[20] with the motto "Technology and Culture, from the Trenches".

Outages

In July 2000, the site was temporarily closed due to comment spam and denial of service attacks.[21]

Financial difficulties

In January 2002, OSDN ended the advertising affiliate agreement with Kuro5hin.[22] In June of that year, Foster suggested he might be forced to sell or shut down the site due to lack of funds. He solicited donations to support the site, and some users were critical of a perceived lack of active management and functional improvement. As of 2008, the CMF were not legally incorporated, and the site was running on bandwidth provided by its sponsor voxel dot net.

Subscription

On March 25, 2004, Foster closed off new user accounts because a photoshopped pornographic image of his wife had been posted.[23] On July 13, Foster reopened new user accounts and informed the community that he was abandoning the idea of user sponsorship.[24] This user sponsorship initiative never came to pass.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kuro5hin.org Site info". Retrieved 2013-12-23.
  2. ↑ "IP Address 69.9.170.99". Dazzlepod.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2013-10-20. Hostname web.kuro5hin.org horizontal tab character in |quote= at position 9 (help)
  3. ↑ "IP Address: 69.9.170.99". Whatismyipaddress.com. Retrieved 2013-10-20. Hostname: web.kuro5hin.org horizontal tab character in |quote= at position 10 (help)
  4. ↑ "Find websites hosted in IP address 69.9.170.99 web.kuro5hin.org - Browsing page 1". Urlvoid.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2013-10-20. hostname web.kuro5hin.org
  5. ↑ "Kuro5hin.org - Kuro5hin | Site Information". Kuro5hin.org.ipaddress.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-15. Retrieved 2013-10-20. At the time you pulled this report, the IP of Kuro5hin.org is 69.9.170.99 [...]
  6. ↑ "69.9.170.99/web.kuro5hin.org IP Address WHOIS | DomainTools.com". Whois.domaintools.com. 2003-05-05. Retrieved 2013-10-20. Resolve Host: web.kuro5hin.org
  7. ↑ "kuro5hin.org". Kuro5hin.org.w3snoop.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2013-10-20. Website IP: 69.9.170.99
  8. ↑ "corrosion". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  9. ↑ "corrosion". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  10. 1 2 3 Boutin, Paul (21 June 2002). "It Takes a Village to Save a Site". Wired. Retrieved 13 June 2007.
  11. 1 2 Murphy, David (20 September 2005). "Google's ad network spreads the wealth: here's how Google's AdSense program can make money for your Web site. (INTERNET BUSINESS).". PC Magazine 24 (16). p. 74.
  12. ↑ Brandt, Andrew (August 2001). "Kuro5hin. (Internet/Web/Online Service Information) (Brief Article).". PC World 19 (8). p. 96.
  13. ↑ "Statistics". k5.trolltrack.com. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  14. ↑ "RIP Kuro5hin". Slashdot.org. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "Hey so this is Rusty". Hacker News. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  16. ↑ Orlowski, Andrew (27 July 2000). "Script kiddies fell Kuro5hin". The Register. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  17. ↑ "Five rules for building a successful online community". OJR: The Online Journalism Review.
  18. ↑ Song, Ronggong; Yee, George; Korba, Larry (2007). Trust in E-Services: Technologies, Practices, and Challenges. Idea Group Publishing. p. 65. ISBN 9781599042077.
  19. ↑ "Interview with Rusty Foster of Kuro5hin.org". Dotcom Scoop. January 28, 2002. Archived from the original on 2003-12-04.
  20. ↑ "Script kiddies fell Kuro5hin". The Register.
  21. ↑ "Kuro5hin closes its doors — for good?". geek.com. 2000-07-27. [...] spam (unwanted content) and DoS (Denial of Service) attacks, flooding the server with commands and fake information. The attacks led the volunteer staff to finally call it a day.
  22. ↑ Orlowski, Andrew (31 October 2001). "VA drops Linux name, boots out Kuro5hin". The Register. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  23. ↑ rusty (25 March 2004). "User Sponsorship and Managed Growth". Kuro5hin. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 6 October 2006.
  24. ↑ rusty (13 July 2004). "New Users Re-opened". Kuro5hin. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 6 October 2006.

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