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> BuzzFeed certainly does do a lot of listicles Don't forget they diversified into psuedo-science quizzes as well. > What you're deriding here is a form of cu
by purple_ducks 8y ago
> BuzzFeed certainly does do a lot of listicles
Don't forget they diversified into psuedo-science quizzes as well.
> What you're deriding here is a form of curation
Repackaging content is not curation by any stretch of the word.
> If that's what they have to do to fund BuzzFeed News, I say more power to them.
I don't agree that this is a case where the ends justify the means.
- eridius 8y agoI wasn't aware BuzzFeed portrayed their quizzes as scientific in any sense. > Repackaging content is not curation by any stretch of the word. It is literally the definition of curation. > I don't agree that this is a case where the ends justify the means. The means of... putting out content that you personally don't enjoy but other people do? Why does 100% of BuzzFeed's content have to be relevant to you in order to justify its existence?
- a_tractor 8y ago>Repackaging content is not curation by any stretch of the word. >literally the definition of curation. Actual definition: >verb (used with object), cu·rat·ed, cu·rat·ing. >to take charge of (a museum) or organize (an art exhibit) >to pull together, sift through, and select for presentation, as music or website content "literally"