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So you're right there's a lot of low quality stuffy on Buzzfeed, but also some amazing pieces of journalism. Business Insider is at NY Post levels most of the

So you're right there's a lot of low quality stuffy on Buzzfeed, but also some amazing pieces of journalism. Business Insider is at NY Post levels most of the time. I can't even think of something I read on Business Insider that was both accurate (and I don't mean technically accurate, I mean addressed the main issue of the story) and more than 500 words long. That being said it's been so bad that I actively avoid BI links, it's possible that the ones I don't click are better. Buzzfeed, for all the flack they take, makes it quite obvious that that the article is going to be of a certain quality from the title. "7 tricks..." is actually great because I know I don't need to click.

wahsd 11y ago
You should understand that Axel Springer AG is the parent company of Bild, a German conservative populist type sensationalist newspaper and publication that fits almost perfectly with Business Insider. If anything, I think AS may be looking to learn from BI's social media chops and elevate Bild's niveau. In case you are wondering, Bild is very much the same as you described Buzzfeed and BI. It's often dismissed and scoffed at but their sales and views are what every newspaper publisher dreams wet dreams of. The undeniable reality though is that beyond the sensationalism and the NSFA(merican)W nature, they also have broken open many political and economic scandal.