There are also more things that make Kuro5hin interesting:
- Diaries. K5 got diaries earlier than Slashdot got its "journals", and unlike /. journals, you can actually find your way to those and read them. All new diaries appear in their own section and also on front page (just like in Advogato). Some say that K5 diaries should be called the "I'm confused about my sexuality" section, but that's gross exaggeration =)
- text ads. K5 dropped the OSDN banners in early 2002, due to the fact that OSDN felt K5 was no longer that much "of" Open Source (well, you could expect it to become more political-oriented after those earth-shattering events...) So, K5 now has less intrusive, cheap text ads everyone can easily buy if they have a credit card. Moreover, K5 has ad discussion - you can actually comment on ads. Many users welcomed the text ads, because they were not intrusive and often advertised things they actually cared of - sometimes even free sites. A MLP on every page load! This feature, of course, came about the same when Slashdot started using those atrocious large ad squares...