I've posted this on HN before, but I wrote a long article about the decline of online community, which includes some retrospective about k5's decline as well: h

I've posted this on HN before, but I wrote a long article about the decline of online community, which includes some retrospective about k5's decline as well: http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2009/3/12/33338/3000 http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2009/3/12/33338/3000