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Wow, chalk seeing a BuzzFeed article on HN as one of the last things I thought I'd ever see...

mikeyouse 11y ago
Buzzfeed does a fair amount of pretty good journalism, many of their articles have appeared here before.. JustFab: The Billion Dollar Startup with a Secret Past [1] Larry Ellison's Cat Island [2] Or literally dozens (hundreds?) of others. [3] [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10278697 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10278697 [2] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10089747 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10089747 [3] - https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=buzzfeed.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=buzzfeed.com
- FireBeyond 11y ago
  It's true. There's definitely a noticeable segment of bitter Reddit users who complain "they stole that content from Reddit", blissfully unaware of the irony that most of the things "stolen" from Reddit often didn't originate on Reddit either, but they like to squawk about BuzzFeed (as it's only theft when it happens -to- Reddit).
  - gph 11y ago
    Maybe, but my negative view of BuzzFeed has nothing to do with Reddit since I barely go there. It's more the fact that BuzzFeed is the tabloid of the internet.
- hammock 11y ago
  Just click on the (buzzfeed.com) at the top, dude
sharkweek 11y ago
Their newsroom has attracted some pretty big names as of late. I used to find the site childish, but their BuzzFeed News section has won me over.
- dragonwriter 11y ago
  > Their newsroom has attracted some pretty big names as of late. Considering that pretty much all of traditional journalism is now chasing Buzzfeed in style, it doesn't matter if you work for Buzzfeed or the imitators, you'll still be working at a place with the same basic approach. You might as well work at the one that is making the model work, rather than the ones that have latched on to it as the most recent attempt to slow their downward spiral.
  - chris_wot 11y ago
    If only buzz feed would do long form. Their writers do have talent.
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dang 11y ago
As other users have pointed out, it's not particularly rare, because they produce good articles semi-regularly. We were discussing this the other day: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10405992 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10405992. Sites that are mostly junk but also put out the occasional good story are a significant problem for HN. We can't ban them, because losing good stories is worse than tolerating bad ones (the latter are annoying, but get flagged). Our solution is to penalize them, review the stories, and take the penalty off the good ones. The next step will hopefully be to distribute the review process to the community.

Buzzfeed does a fair amount of pretty good journalism, many of their articles have appeared here before.. JustFab: The Billion Dollar Startup with a Secret Past [1] Larry Ellison's Cat Island [2] Or literally dozens (hundreds?) of others. [3] [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10278697 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10278697 [2] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10089747 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10089747 [3] - https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=buzzfeed.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=buzzfeed.com

FireBeyond 11y ago
It's true. There's definitely a noticeable segment of bitter Reddit users who complain "they stole that content from Reddit", blissfully unaware of the irony that most of the things "stolen" from Reddit often didn't originate on Reddit either, but they like to squawk about BuzzFeed (as it's only theft when it happens -to- Reddit).
- gph 11y ago
  Maybe, but my negative view of BuzzFeed has nothing to do with Reddit since I barely go there. It's more the fact that BuzzFeed is the tabloid of the internet.
hammock 11y ago
Just click on the (buzzfeed.com) at the top, dude

sharkweek 11y ago

Their newsroom has attracted some pretty big names as of late. I used to find the site childish, but their BuzzFeed News section has won me over.

dragonwriter 11y ago
> Their newsroom has attracted some pretty big names as of late. Considering that pretty much all of traditional journalism is now chasing Buzzfeed in style, it doesn't matter if you work for Buzzfeed or the imitators, you'll still be working at a place with the same basic approach. You might as well work at the one that is making the model work, rather than the ones that have latched on to it as the most recent attempt to slow their downward spiral.
- chris_wot 11y ago
  If only buzz feed would do long form. Their writers do have talent.

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dang 11y ago

As other users have pointed out, it's not particularly rare, because they produce good articles semi-regularly. We were discussing this the other day: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10405992 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10405992. Sites that are mostly junk but also put out the occasional good story are a significant problem for HN. We can't ban them, because losing good stories is worse than tolerating bad ones (the latter are annoying, but get flagged). Our solution is to penalize them, review the stories, and take the penalty off the good ones. The next step will hopefully be to distribute the review process to the community.