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They've been known to steal a ton of their recipes from other people, without acknowledging them. https://mic.com/articles/163958/the-secret-ingredient-to-buzz

They've been known to steal a ton of their recipes from other people, without acknowledging them. https://mic.com/articles/163958/the-secret-ingredient-to-buzz-feed-s-viral-tasty-videos-recipe-theft-food-bloggers-say#.xvBz69Kz9 https://mic.com/articles/163958/the-secret-ingredient-to-buz... Also, there is a reason we have an executive chef developing menus. Ever heard of too many cooks spoiling the soup? That, and the general population has shit taste in everything from food, to entertainment. Having the children of buzzfeed deciding this, will end up with a menu full of macaroni and cheese, and pizza logs.

manachar 9y ago
Can an executive chef be replaced with enough data? I'm inclined to believe so. Also, recipes are not copyrightable or otherwise able to be locked up in some form of intellectual property. Thankfully. I would hate to see a world where I could only buy chocolate chips and chocolate chip cookie recipes from Nestle. Of course, it would be nice if they add attribution as needed, but tough to prove for something like this (bacon weave being a fairly common new fangled technique applied to everything from tacos to ice cream).
- flukus 9y ago
  > Can an executive chef be replaced with enough data? I'm inclined to believe so. I want what tastes good to me, not what tastes good to most people. You can't solve personal subjective problems with data.
  - overcast 9y ago
    Especially when the masses enjoy justin bieber, and the olive garden.
astura 9y ago
Recipes are not copyrightable so there's no such thing as "stealing" them. They are passed around freely without attribution all over the virtual as well as physical world, that's not uncommon. It would be nice if BuzzFeed could cite where they got the recipe but it's not strictly required and they don't know of where they got it was the original source or not. Anyways, give me a break, bacon weaves are hardly a unique idea. In fact, they are really overdone. Most internet recipes are made by food bloggers and grandmas, not executive chefs. "Too many cooks spoil the soup" doesn't mean "most people can't make good recipes." Tasty existing doesn't preclude pretentiousrecipes.com so I'm not sure I understand that criticism.
mason55 9y ago
The key to a successful BuzzFeed restaurant would be lots of different restaurants, each catering to a different market segment. It’s like the old story about how Prego discovered that you can’t just make one sauce everyone loves, you make a chunky and a smooth and a meaty and meet the needs of each different set of tastes. Just like how Netflix doesn’t have a single hit show, they hit all the different demos.

manachar 9y ago

Can an executive chef be replaced with enough data? I'm inclined to believe so. Also, recipes are not copyrightable or otherwise able to be locked up in some form of intellectual property. Thankfully. I would hate to see a world where I could only buy chocolate chips and chocolate chip cookie recipes from Nestle. Of course, it would be nice if they add attribution as needed, but tough to prove for something like this (bacon weave being a fairly common new fangled technique applied to everything from tacos to ice cream).

flukus 9y ago
> Can an executive chef be replaced with enough data? I'm inclined to believe so. I want what tastes good to me, not what tastes good to most people. You can't solve personal subjective problems with data.
- overcast 9y ago
  Especially when the masses enjoy justin bieber, and the olive garden.

astura 9y ago

Recipes are not copyrightable so there's no such thing as "stealing" them. They are passed around freely without attribution all over the virtual as well as physical world, that's not uncommon. It would be nice if BuzzFeed could cite where they got the recipe but it's not strictly required and they don't know of where they got it was the original source or not. Anyways, give me a break, bacon weaves are hardly a unique idea. In fact, they are really overdone. Most internet recipes are made by food bloggers and grandmas, not executive chefs. "Too many cooks spoil the soup" doesn't mean "most people can't make good recipes." Tasty existing doesn't preclude pretentiousrecipes.com so I'm not sure I understand that criticism.

mason55 9y ago

The key to a successful BuzzFeed restaurant would be lots of different restaurants, each catering to a different market segment. It’s like the old story about how Prego discovered that you can’t just make one sauce everyone loves, you make a chunky and a smooth and a meaty and meet the needs of each different set of tastes. Just like how Netflix doesn’t have a single hit show, they hit all the different demos.