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Kuro5hin Update

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the coming-soon-to-a-theater-near-you dept.

bob|hm was one of the group of people who wrote to us with an update from Kuro5hin. The donated server from VA has been packaged and sent out - now it's a matter of hooking it back up and "kicking the tires."

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  1. Re:More conspiracies by kuro5hin · · Score: 5
    Well, it seems pretty obvious to me, VA Linux/Andover will buy Kuro5hin.

    Ah-hem.

    "Show me the money!" :-)

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  2. Thank God by Foogle · · Score: 5
    K5 was a serious improvement over Slashdot. At least Rusty knew how to spell.

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  3. Well.. by Inoshiro · · Score: 5

    You may be asking yourself, "why is this frontpage news?"

    I think I'm to blame..

    <rusty> maybe it was cause you practially begged for it ;-)
    <rusty> "Heck,
    <rusty> it'd be nifty if others
    gave us coverage ;)"

    I meant that it'd be nice if /. gave a holler when we were up for business (hopefully soon), not about some small update written in the wee hours in the morning :)
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  4. Excellent by flatpack · · Score: 5

    I miss kuro5hin. Whilst I get a lot of the same at /. kuro5hin had a somewhat broader focus which gave rise to some incredibly interesting discussions on things like poverty, violence and the future of software. I think the open submissions idea allowed it to be less focussed on a particular them, like /. Still, both approaches have their merits and flaws, and I love both sites.

    One thing that interests me is the new "rating" system that kuro5hin will be implementing, called mojo. Like moderation and karma on /. it is designed to allow good comments to be "pushed up" and spam and other crap to be hidden from view.

    The difference is that mojo is based upon the ratings given on recent posts, with more recent posts counting for more than older ones. Since everyone on k5 can rate posts, this means that people consistently posting crap will end up with a low mojo and be unable to post or submit stories.

    Hopefully this system will be able to cut down on the amount of noise that weblogs like /. and k5 seem to attract, and allow k5 to get back to what it was, a growing community with loyal readers.

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