Kuro5hin is without a doubt one the major inspirations for nleyten. Though we aim to be more focused on our goals than they are, and we'll implement significant differences in the moderation system, the basic principle of establishing a user-driven magazine can be traced back to them. With this mind, here's a brief sketch of the similarities/differences between the two sites when it comes to organising content.

Let us denote by "entry" any of the articles/stories/journals that are published in a site. One of the major problems with the content organisation in Kuro5hin is the confusion between two entry attributes which we believe should be kept separate. One of them is the "category" the entry belongs to; this can be things like articles, op-eds, news, interviews, book reviews, etc. Another one is the topic or subject of that entry; examples (borrowed from Kuro5hin) include technology, science, politics, culture, etc. Now, pay a visit Kuro5hin's front page, and see how the two attributes are mixed together in the navigation bar. That's just plain confusing. (And yes, I am aware that Kuro5hin's stories also have an explicit "topic" attribute, but does that not invalidate the mix up in the main interface).

So, how do we intend to organise our content at nleyten? From the above paragraph you can already infer that we intend for the two attributes to be orthogonal to each other. This means that each entry will have both a category and a topic. Here's the current list of planned categories:

• Articles (usually the longest stories)
• Op-eds (author's personal opinion on a current affairs topic)
• Interviews (we intend to have those at some point!)
• News (these will tend to be shorter stories, linking to external sites)
• Reviews (typically of books, though the odd film may also be review-worthy for the site)
• Journal entries (reader's blogs or diaries)
• Fiction (why not?)

As for the topics, the list is more flexible. Though nleyten does have an "agenda" (if you insist on the term), it is broad enough to encompass pretty much anything that's a) interesting, b) thought-provoking, c) both formative and informative. Here's some reference subjects:

• science
• technology
• politics
• economics
• culture

(At this point the reader will ask how we intend to include these two attributes in the user interface. Well, that's a topic for another time...)

To conclude, are we going up against Kuro5hin? The answer is no. The goals and dynamics of the sites will be different, and the two are likely to be complementary rather than antagonistic.