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Serious question: Does the HN moderating staff have any ethical concerns about supporting Buzzfeed, regardless of article quality? Not even delving into their b
by pdeuchler 13y ago
Serious question: Does the HN moderating staff have any ethical concerns about supporting Buzzfeed, regardless of article quality? Not even delving into their business model (which can be politely defined as "parasitic"), I'd guess at least half of all their content is blatantly plagiarized... at best "lightly" ripped from others. Last time I checked they also continued to use copyrighted and restricted licensed content without permission or payment.
- dang 13y agoThat, unfortunately, is true of many of the most commonly posted sites to HN. Our policy is to keep the rip-offs off the front page, and whenever possible replace them with links to original sources. That's harder than it sounds. Banning all of these sites, though, wouldn't be good for HN, assuming they also produce substantive work.