Is Fark Down?

Fark.com is a community website founded by Drew Curtis, featuring user-submitted commentary on current events. The site distinguishes itself from other news aggregators and discussion sites with its approach to moderation and the emphasis it places on community interaction by allowing members to rank each other’s comments up or down. The site was created in 1999 as a side project. It grew rapidly, requiring full-time attention from Curtis by late 2000. As of 2010, the site had an Alexa traffic ranking in the 400s (US), and received over 2 million unique visitors per month.