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by prepend 1138 days ago
It’s not the only thing, but it’s the mostly thing.

Looking at their front page right now, over half the articles are buzzfeed-quality rubbish:

-“America Has Decided That Homeless People Aren't People”

-“5 Experts Tell us What They Think a Healthy Relationship Looks Like”

-“This Week's Coolest Drops, From Hoka to 'Seinfeld' x Percival”

-“Russia Wants to Build a MAGA Colony for US Conservatives, Lawyer Claims”

-“THIS WEEK ONLINE – Who's Afraid of the Proletariat?” -“I Went to a BDSM Convention With My Ex”

They still have some original reporting, but I stopped going to them years ago because I don’t want to filter through dreck, and certainly aren’t signing up for their updates, in order to watch for decent items.

It does seem like hipster stuff and I don’t understand who would want to consistently read this and who their target market is.

They seem to hire lots of people to write this stuff and are looking to be a “lifestyle news” brand but who wants to be into their nihilistic, negative lifestyle?

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Oh, I didn't even think of their website articles because I barely go there. I might be wrong here but when most people think of Vice today, they think of their shows or the content on Youtube. Their news show was consistently doing great original work (some of which they would post on Youtube).
The same comment applies to their YouTube channel, just with different specific titles.