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I can understand calling Buzzfeed clickbait; "XX Best ways to N: number 6 will blow your mind" used to be their bread and butter. Even now, the #2 story on the
by InitialLastName 8y ago
I can understand calling Buzzfeed clickbait; "XX Best ways to N: number 6 will blow your mind" used to be their bread and butter. Even now, the #2 story on their website is "29 things that'll genuinely make people say 'OMG I love your outfit'".
It took me a long time after their move towards occasionally funding "real" journalism before I was willing to even click a link to their URL.
- TimothyBJacobs 8y agoBuzzfeed clickbait is not the same as Buzzfeed News.
- InitialLastName 8y agoSure, but even looking at the two sites now I'm not sure I can see much difference in content quality.