F5 is the function
key to refresh a page on PC.
In
Chinese/Japanese translation Web Novel and
Light Novel communities, authors/translators will often have a regular time of the day that they'll upload the latest chapter. Practitioners of the F5 Sect have been known to repeatedly spam the F5
key near these times in the hope of being the first one to access the
new chapter, and thus have the opportunity to make the first comment.
The 'Sect' is a joke referring to how many of the Chinese novels having martial practitioners belonging to various Sects (Clans, groups, etc.).
Therefore the users who single-mindedly hit the F5
key in pursuit of first comment ironically reflect the focus that'd be required of a martial cultivator in many of the novels that they are reading.
Lowlav (of Wuxiaworld forums):
F5 Sect is an organisation researching on the profound effects of throbbing F5, dealing with the order of rebirth. the pulse of
internet. Cultivators of the laws of F5 are
forever dominant in the comment sections all over the
internet. It is a mystery with great
power!
Ryuushima (Of Wuxiaworld forums):
They are a bunch of ---- that spam every chapter release with posts about being 1st , 2nd etc instead of talking about the actual chapter.
Minru (Of Wuxiaworld forums):
I refreshed the page and found a new skyfire chapter without a comment... instead of commenting first first first, i read the chapter. There still wasn't a comment so i nabbed first. Does this make ma F5 member because i got first or a F5 heretic because i read the chapter first?
