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by colordrops 2790 days ago
BuzzFeed is part of the toxic behavior we see online.
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Anderkent 2790 days ago
Example? BuzzFeed News has in my experience been one of the better, if not the best, news portals.
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shagie 2790 days ago
How so? Are you referring to the "BuzzFeed's business model in 10 easy steps - number 7 will surprise you" and "23 pictures of cute kittens"?

On the other hand... their journalism (BuzzFeed<i>News</i>) is up there in quality. Such as https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/chris-hamby-buzzfeed-news and https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/us/politics/george-polk-j... ("In all, journalists representing more than a dozen news organizations were recognized for reporting. Three nontraditional publications — Vice News, The Intercept and BuzzFeed News — won awards for the first time, Mr. Darnton said.")

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8_hours_ago 2790 days ago
I agree that BuzzFeed isn't the poster child of wholesome online content, but they don't advocate hate speech or blatant conspiracy theories, to the best of my knowledge.
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