Buzzfeed have actually hired some competent journalists and produced some good content lately. I'd highly encourage that you read the linked article before passing judgement.
I still find it exceptionally difficult to overlook Buzzfeed for the crap they've spewed for years, and continue to spew. Gracing them with my eyeballs, even with my own CSS applied (I call it "UnBuzzed" -- it strips virtually everything other than primary copy from the site).
Oh, seems I've blocked enough of their JS that nothing appears period. Oh well.
I can still fire up a console browser through Tor.
But yes, I care enough about not polluting content that I'm willing to throw these roadblocks in the way of Buzzfeed and its ilk.
(Most are actually blocked, by domain, in my /etc/hosts file, with dnsmasq running to make that a domain-wide block, not just host.)
Better yet is to break the habit of using 'ad hominem' as some kind of latin spell to be reflexively chanted whenever one encounters anything one dislikes.
Just to try to dispel some of the taint from the domain name:
This is a great longform article about the politics surrounding the discovery of the HMS Erebus. The author summarizes the announcement of the discovery and the various political links and layers, then goes back to the actual discovery timeline itself, complete with quotes, to show how the politically-influenced announcement was completely different from what actually happened.
The quality of the article itself is something I'd expect to see in National Geographic, the New Yorker, or Rolling Stone, honestly.
The discovery has been covered extensively elsewhere. The politics, and particularly the fight over credit for the find, was something I wasn't aware of.
It's definitely not what you'd expect from Buzzfeed.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 85.8 ms ] threadNo thanks.
The problem is that serious readers look at the domain name and don't even bother clicking.
They need to spin off a separate site for their long form content.
I still find it exceptionally difficult to overlook Buzzfeed for the crap they've spewed for years, and continue to spew. Gracing them with my eyeballs, even with my own CSS applied (I call it "UnBuzzed" -- it strips virtually everything other than primary copy from the site).
Oh, seems I've blocked enough of their JS that nothing appears period. Oh well.
I can still fire up a console browser through Tor.
But yes, I care enough about not polluting content that I'm willing to throw these roadblocks in the way of Buzzfeed and its ilk.
(Most are actually blocked, by domain, in my /etc/hosts file, with dnsmasq running to make that a domain-wide block, not just host.)
It's a well-earned reputation taint.
This is a great longform article about the politics surrounding the discovery of the HMS Erebus. The author summarizes the announcement of the discovery and the various political links and layers, then goes back to the actual discovery timeline itself, complete with quotes, to show how the politically-influenced announcement was completely different from what actually happened.
The quality of the article itself is something I'd expect to see in National Geographic, the New Yorker, or Rolling Stone, honestly.
It's definitely not what you'd expect from Buzzfeed.
https://t.co/if1JrdCA6u