Submission + - RIP Kuro5hin (kuro5hin.org) 7
themusicgod1 writes: Can we please get a moment of silence? Long-time sister site to Slashdot, Kuro5hin has finally gone offline.
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RIP Kuro5hin
Support Mental Health. Or I'll kill you.
RIP (Score:2)
Ghost of Tiber, we hardly knew you. :(
Explanation please (Score:2)
What was Kuro5hin?
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What was Kuro5hin?
A site less popular, relevant, and interesting than slashdot.
Essentially it was the sugar-free, gluten-free, low-fat, zero-calorie version of slashdot but without all the witty and insightful commentary.
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Nice seven-digit UserID.
You weren't around for Kuro5hin. You don't understand the culture. To even attempt to compare it to /. shows how little you know, considering you weren't around for /.'s culture, either.
Maybe next you can tell us about your opinions on everything2.com? I bet you'll have all sorts of similar insights.
Bottom line, we appreciate your attempt at posting, even if you have nothing to contribute.
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Nice seven-digit UserID.
Oh, I figure my 7-digit UserID will be pretty impressive in 20 years or so. ;)
(But seriously, I've been reading /. for well over a decade, so I'm more than a little familiar with the site. Your 4-digit ID does not impress me in the least. And frankly, I wouldn't give a shit if you had a 1-digit ID.)
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You weren't around for Kuro5hin.
Oh fuck you. You don't know when or where I've been, so just shut your pie hole.
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You don't understand the culture.
And you don't understand humor or satire, so again, just shut the fuck up, you humorless prick.
(Oh, and I've posted quite a bit on
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In the early days, there was a lot fewer options for discussing things online. Kuro5hin started pretty close to the same time as /., and was one of the places where if something happened, you would hear about it. There was a personal journal section(which /. ended up implementing), and a 'front page' and 'sections' that were specific to topics - it was unlike slashdot in that it was democratic -- people would vote on new postings for either front page or section or to dump it, and so, like many websites t
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