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Kuro5hin is Dead

posted by takyon on Tuesday May 03 2016, @09:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the 死ぬ dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Folks, it appears Kuro5hin is dead:

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 1st, 2016, the site was closed down permanently.

I didn't visit it. It seemed then like the bunker where the tinfoil hat brigade hung out. In the Slashdot days it served as the guardrail for conventional wisdom. But now that the tinfoil hat brigade has been entirely vindicated, and Kuro5hin is dead, it makes me a little sad. What are your favorite memories of Kuro5hin, and will we see its like again?

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday May 03 2016, @10:03AM

    by c0lo (156) on Tuesday May 03 2016, @10:03AM (#340750) Journal

    On May 1st, 2016, the site was closed down permanently. [wikipedia.org]

    And in 20 years of IT, you didn't learn that doing as all the others do is not necessarily the wisest thing, mmm?
    Case at point: you could start RTFA-ing from time to time for a change, S/N may be constrained by copyright laws from copy/pasting the entire FA for your convenience.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @10:23AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @10:23AM (#340755)

    20 years of IT

    [gentle chiding: ON]

    Surely you know by now that you don't know everything...and how to look stuff up you may not know.

    [gentle chiding: OFF]

    ...unless you're a windows guy.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @10:29AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @10:29AM (#340758)

      Even a Windows person should know how to follow a hyperlink.

      • (Score: 4, Funny) by maxwell demon on Tuesday May 03 2016, @02:11PM

        by maxwell demon (1608) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 03 2016, @02:11PM (#340845) Journal

        If the hyperlink is not posting on Twitter, then how should I follow him? ;-)

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