Kuro5hin

Kuro5hin (K5) (pronounced "corrosion") is a community discussion website (sometimes known as a Commons-Based Peer Production) focused on technology and culture. The site runs on the Scoop collaborative system, originally developed for Kuro5hin and licensed under the GPL. Its motto is "Technology and Culture, from the Trenches." The site is notable for being almost entirely community driven.

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All content is generated by and selected by the users—with the exception of site news, which is written by Rusty Foster, the site's founder. Registered users can submit stories to the Submissions Queue. In the queue, users vote +1 FP (front page), +1, -1 or 0 (for an abstention). If the story reaches a predetermined threshold score, it is posted either to the front page or to the relevant section, depending on the proportion of +1FP votes. If it fails to make the threshold, it is dropped.

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