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[ [P] ](https://web.archive.org/web/20091212081720/http://www.kuro5hin.org/print/2009/3/12/33338/3000)**[Attacked from Within](https://web.archive.org/web/20091212081720/http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2009/3/12/33338/3000)**

By anaesthetica in Internet

Fri Mar 13, 2009 at 11:17:19 AM EST

Tags: k5 isn't dying, community, society, scaling, internet, forums, group dynamics, moderation, tl;dr ( all tags)

Traditional methods for protecting community from the effects of scale and poor behavior are now manifestly unfeasible. Raising barriers to entry, relying on the assumption that users will maintain only one registered account, and placing faith in the ability of admins and user moderation to reproduce a forum's organic culture are all easily circumvented, gamed, and/or ineffective when faced with the problems of scale. Moreover, they tend to reinforce self-destructive behaviors, by increasing returns to the most persistent rather than the most constructive, reinforcing groupthink, and providing ample targets for trolling and griefing.

This article attempts to fundamentally rethink what constitutes community and society on the web, and what possibilities exist for their maintenance and reconstruction in the face of scale and malicious users. The recommendations reached, after analyzing the weaknesses of the web forums we all know and love, are:

User anonymity should be forced.

Barriers to participation should be as low as possible.

Moderation should not focus on users or on comments in isolation, but on the relational quality of comments.

Passive moderation filters can mitigate problems of scale.

Preservation of community must shift from being based on exclusion to being based on demonstrated constructive interaction.

Forums should discriminate between content types: original content, links, and personal content.

Story promotion and front page position should be driven by conversation, not voting.

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[ [P] ](https://web.archive.org/web/20091212081720/http://www.kuro5hin.org/print/2008/4/15/143539/481)**[It's time to take Kuro5hin back from the trolls](https://web.archive.org/web/20091212081720/http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2008/4/15/143539/481)**

By psychologist in Meta

Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 10:04:52 AM EST

Tags: community ( all tags)

There was a time a long time ago when I would log into Kuro5hin and I'd see that a known name had posted a new diary. I'd go over, read what they had to say, and post some comments. Then I'd go over to the story queue, make some suggestions on spelling on a story or two, vote up a story on Technology, vote down a story on politics, then go to write my passionate reply to a diary I had read the day before. It was fun, it was calming, and it was home.

Today I log into Kuro5hin, and I see that right now, undermyne writes:

Given the length of the baseball season and the number of games required (162), it is not surpising that lazy niggers are opting for a 16 game NFL season or an 82 game NBA season.

This is not how things should be, and we have to change. There is no hand of God that will come down to make things change, each and everyone of us here can create this change that we need.

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[ [P] ](https://web.archive.org/web/20091212081720/http://www.kuro5hin.org/print/2006/12/19/111859/99)**[This diary contains K5 AT TEH MOVIəs](https://web.archive.org/web/20091212081720/http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/12/19/111859/99)**

By WonderJoust in WonderJoust's Diary

Tue Dec 19, 2006 at 11:18:59 AM EST

Tags: cinema, culture, fiction, community, k5, you, me, everyone, exploitation of inflexibility of scoop to humiliat ( all tags)

It does.

And here it shall find rest.

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[ [P] ](https://web.archive.org/web/20091212081720/http://www.kuro5hin.org/print/2006/8/20/225743/780)**[Uncyclomedia Foundation](https://web.archive.org/web/20091212081720/http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/8/20/225743/780)**

By Orion Blastar Again in Orion Blastar Again's Diary

Sun Aug 20, 2006 at 10:57:43 PM EST

Tags: Media, Foundation, Uncyclomedia, Uncyclopedia, Humor, Fun, Community, Open Source ( all tags)

There is a group that is trying to bring about laughter to the Internet. Yet conspiracies seem to knock out their pageranks in Google. This is because people who are conspiring against it do not want you to know about it, or appear in your search results. It is a non-profit organization, and it is community supported, and supports open source via the creative commons license.

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