Everything wrong with Buzzfeed in one simple post
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Lets start off with what Buzzfeed as become known for over the years and that is the fact that they steal a good portion of their content from other people.
Theyāve been accused of stealing video ideas from other youtubers:
Safiya Nygaard (Who worked for them in the past)Ā
Theyāve stolen ideas from her on multiple occasions.Ā
Stole video ideas from her on two separate occasions and when she called them out on it they said they had no idea who she was despite the fact that they followed her on twitter.Ā
They have also been known to not credit the photos they use for their articles and quizzes on their website. They often credit the website they got it from (Tumblr, Twitter, Etc.) instead of the person themselves. When called out on it they began deleting the photos instead of crediting the original owners or apologizing for stealing in the first place. (X)Ā (X)
Buzzfeed always denies the allegations despite the overwhelming amount of evidence against them.Ā
If you ever go on to the Buzzfeed News website (Which I donāt recommend) you will be bombarded by their terrible articles.Ā
You have their usual articles bashing white people and men:
37 Things White People Need To Stop Ruining In 2018 Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (First of all, America)Ā
18 Funny Tweets About Men Being Trash That
26 Facts About Straight People That Are Completely And Totally True Ā (This post is for you, heteros!)
They also have published some pretty controversial articles as well.
For example they published an article talking about how Harvey Weinsteinās victims werenāt diverse enough. They talked about how he only sexually assaulted white women because of racism and the belief that non white women are pretty enough to be sexually assaulted. Instead of apologizing for the article they just wrote an update about howĀ Lupita Nyongāo has come forward as a victim instead of apologizing for turning something that was about women being assaulted into a race issue. (X)Ā (X)
There was also another article I remember being on the buzzfeed website which was about how Movember or No shave Novembers, which is a month dedicated to menās health, was somehow sexist. I canāt seem to find the article any where on their website, so its possible they deleted it.Ā
Just some example of terrible Buzzfeed quizzes:
How stereotypically white are you?
Can you spot the fuck boy?
Which disney fuck boy have you date?
They also have theirĀ āHow privileged are you?ā quizzes. Which have kinda back fired on them since there are Cis Straight White Males who have scored low on these quizzes (Which makes them not privileged) and Non-white and gay people who have scored high.Ā
4. The reason so many of their employees have quitĀ
Just go onto youtube and type inĀ āWhy I left Buzzfeedā and youāll countless video from ex employees. Most do talk about how much they enjoyed working for Buzzfeed, but their is also a common trend I noticed in most of these videos.Ā
The company wants quantity over quality.
Making the workers push out dozens of articles, videos, and quizzes a day often causing the people working on them to feel burned out and that their work is meaningless.
They have no ownership over the content they make while with buzzfeedĀ
Any web series or videos created while working with Buzzfeed belongs to Buzzfeed. If you no longer work for them you can not continue to create the same web series that you worked on before.
They werenāt allowed to do anything outside of Buzzfeed.
If an employee participated in a project or video outside of Buzzfeed they could/would be fired since it goes against their contract.
Ā Why I left Buzzfeed videos: (X)Ā (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Lets play a quick game. Guess which one is not a real Buzzfeed video:
BFFs see each other naked for the first time
We painted with our period blood
Man sees his GFās period blood for the first time
Women try man spreading for a week
Guys try on ladies underwear for the first time
Answer: Theyāre all real
Most of Buzzfeedās videos consist of them jumping on the band wagon of whatever the latest trends are or making stupid/simple videos that they know will get them views. They arenāt trying for good quality content they just want whatever will give the most views/money. Despite how repetitive and idiotic most of their videos they do receive more than a million views on every video across their multiple channels.Ā
Buzzfeed as become known for their more controversial videos as well. For example they have the seriousĀ ā__ questions ____ people have for ____ peopleā where one group of people ask questions, usually stereotypical and down right stupid, to another group of people.
24 questions black people have for white people
36 questions women have for men
26 questions Asians have for white people
27 questions black people have for black people
33 questions white people have for white people
Most of these videos of an overwhelming amount of more dislikes to likes.Ā
They also have a series of videos where they ask people to respond to their word white. They use terms like arrogance, controlling, not understanding, closed minded. Then they asked them to describe the word black. They used terms like empowered, beautiful, resiliency, and innovative. Really shows just how bias Buzzfeed is.Ā
Buzzfeed is one of those companies that is so āwokeā they canāt see their own hypocrisy. If they didnāt have double standards its likely they would have no standards at all.Ā
7. No Journalist Integrity
In 2017 Buzzfeed News release an article that alleged they have proof that Donald Trump has ties to Russia. They claim they receive unverified synopsis about Trumpās ties to Russia.Ā
The synopsis claimed that Trump:
Hired prostitutes while staying in Russia
Participated in Sex parties while there
Had prostitues to pee on a bed that Obama had once slept on while he watched
He paid everyone off so no one would expose him
Other News sources such as The NewYork Times and The Washington Post refused to publish the Trump-Russia dossier because it was all anonymous and there was no way to prove it was real. When asked about why buzzfeed released the dossier while other News outlets refused to the Editor-in-Cheif, Ben Smith, said Ā they wanted the American people to decided whether it was true or not.Ā
8. Racist hiring practices
Senior Buzzfeed write, Scaachi Koul, came under fire after she said she wouldnāt take article from white or male writers. When asked about their racist hiring practice the Editor-in-Cheif claimed they were just trying to get a diverse work force. It is possible that Koul broke Canadian law which states that you canāt discriminate against hiring people because they are a certain race or gender. (X)Ā (X)Ā (X)
There are probably a lot more reason why Buzzfeed is a terrible company, so feel free to add onto the list. At the end of the day Buzzfeed will still make terrible content and will earn millions of dollars for doing so. In my opinion no one should support such a toxic company.Ā
