You might be surprised to find out that kuro5hin -- k5 -- is still around. Well, not for much longer. Absentee landlord Rusty Foster (temporarily?) blocked new user sign ups and in the process somehow managed to block existing users from logging in.
Dedicated users can edit the HTML to add back the login box (or use a query string). Though once popular, K5 never recovered from the last time Rusty blocked new users (eventually relenting and adding a $5 sign up fee). RIP. Truly a Web 1.0 icon.
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 26 2015, @02:27PM
There was a short glorious period, where people were posting rather long articles to k5 (fiction, deep reviews, lifehacker-style howtos, etc.), commentary was insightful, moderation was innovative, etc.
Then like a meteor, the site burned out. Money was partly responsible.
People who experienced the peak have fond memories and occasionally check back for a recovery.
Unfortunately, the site has always been a disaster outside of that brief glory.