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Buzzfeed have actually hired some competent journalists and produced some good content lately. I'd highly encourage that you read the linked article before pass

• puranjay 11y ago
  They've been doing this for a while. The problem is that serious readers look at the domain name and don't even bother clicking. They need to spin off a separate site for their long form content.
  • smacktoward 11y ago
    The entire point of investing in content like this is to start changing the public's perception of the site they already have.
• dredmorbius 11y ago
  I'm aware of this myself. I still find it exceptionally difficult to overlook Buzzfeed for the crap they've spewed for years, and continue to spew. Gracing them with my eyeballs, even with my own CSS applied (I call it "UnBuzzed" -- it strips virtually everything other than primary copy from the site). Oh, seems I've blocked enough of their JS that nothing appears period. Oh well. I can still fire up a console browser through Tor. But yes, I care enough about not polluting content that I'm willing to throw these roadblocks in the way of Buzzfeed and its ilk. (Most are actually blocked, by domain, in my /etc/hosts file, with dnsmasq running to make that a domain-wide block, not just host.)