Nah.
Thing is, you see, there's some fundamental differences between K5 and Slashdot
Stuff That Happens On K5 But Not On Slashdot
- Open story queue. Yes, the queue is broken. But the simple fact is that the audience writes and votes on the material up for discussion.
- Mojo, not karma. Mojo works in a fundamentally different way, being ranged over 0..5, rather than the -whatever..+whatever that karma is. Everyone on K5 is within 5 mojo points of each other.
- No anonymous posting. Probably the single biggest factor in increasing the S/N ratio was the death of Anonymous Hero. The mere fact of having to provide a valid email address and having to activate the account from that email address means that trolls and spammers have to work quite hard to get lots of accounts.
- No illusions about The Management. The K5 Cabal (which I wouldn't be a part of, [link|http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=special;page=random#whoelse|oh no][1], even if it did exist) have made it quite clear on numerous occasions that trolls, spammers and co WILL be deleted. I know that spammer accounts have been deleted unilaterally. Slashdot umm and ahh about "censorship", but when it comes down to it, generally let the morons do their thing.
So, in the light of that (aside - it's a measure of how good Mozilla is becoming that I've had the confidence to compose this entire screed in the textbox, rather than an external editor), I'd say that K5 will not drown in spam, penis birds and trolls, but rather in boring stories about US politics. But hey, that's what the teeming masses seem to want.
[1] I know there have been some witterings about "The K5 Cabal" and people claiming to be part of it. Basically, if you ain't on that list, you ain't in the cabal, which doesn't exist.
