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Re:Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before the... by Fuzzwah on Sunday October 12, 2025 @04:18AM (#45556370)
Kuro5hin

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuro5hin

I was a hold out on smartphones for a while and I used to print out k5 articles to read while afk... Just such an amazing collection of people sharing ideas and communal moderation, editing and up voting.

I learned about so many wierd and wonderful things from that site.

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Re:Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before the... by MilanTodorovic on Sunday October 12, 2025 @04:41AM (#45556503)
Are there any spiritual successors?
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Re:Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before the... by jlokier on Sunday October 12, 2025 @11:34AM (#45558961)
For me the progression was Slashdot -> Kuro5hin -> HN.
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Re:Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before the... by senderista on Sunday October 12, 2025 @02:48PM (#45560683)
-> lobste.rs
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Re:Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before the... by Fuzzwah on Sunday October 12, 2025 @04:15PM (#45561495)
Similar to jlokier's response, I ended up here after k5 went away. HN fills my geek interests pretty well, and over the last few years I've found that "long form video essays" on YT, audiobooks / podcasts fill my desire for learning about other random topics.
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Re:Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before the... by ksherlock on Monday October 13, 2025 @04:49PM (#45573189)
--> husi
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Re:Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before the... by habosa on Sunday October 12, 2025 @10:26AM (#45558455)
Rusty Foster (creator of Kuro5hin) is still writing! https://www.todayintabs.com/
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Re:Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before the... by amanwithnoplan on Sunday October 12, 2025 @03:49PM (#45561231)
The candle that burned twice as bright was really adequacy.org, which sourced their trolls from Kuro5hin.

(Archive here: https://www.inadequacy.org/)

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