▲ 331 ▼ BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI (futurism.com) submitted 6 months ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world 25 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 106 points 6 months ago (5 children) I mean... fuck AI, of course, but also fuck BuzzFeed? permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 67 points 6 months ago (3 children) It's a fair assessment. BuzzFeed's "content" was just hoovering up other folk's content on social media or content aggregators, and neatly packaging it up into an "article". I feel dirty saying this but for that use case, AI isn't actually a terrible option... ...and they still managed to fuck it up. Outstanding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] just2look@lemmy.zip 42 points 6 months ago (1 child) It used to be that they did that garbage to help fund some solid investigative journalism. Then they killed off their actual journalism, and only did the garbage part. It was a really disappointing move all to maximize profits, instead of actually providing at least something of quality amongst the trash. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 6 months ago also the experience being told by former buzzfeed producers, pretty much tells it all. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago BuzzFeed Listicles permalink fedilink source parent [–] PacMan@sh.itjust.works 18 points 6 months ago Sadly they used to have a world class reporting group. It filled up with shit like a double seat outhouse permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 67 points 6 months ago (3 children) It's a fair assessment. BuzzFeed's "content" was just hoovering up other folk's content on social media or content aggregators, and neatly packaging it up into an "article". I feel dirty saying this but for that use case, AI isn't actually a terrible option... ...and they still managed to fuck it up. Outstanding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] just2look@lemmy.zip 42 points 6 months ago (1 child) It used to be that they did that garbage to help fund some solid investigative journalism. Then they killed off their actual journalism, and only did the garbage part. It was a really disappointing move all to maximize profits, instead of actually providing at least something of quality amongst the trash. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 6 months ago also the experience being told by former buzzfeed producers, pretty much tells it all. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago BuzzFeed Listicles permalink fedilink source parent
[–] just2look@lemmy.zip 42 points 6 months ago (1 child) It used to be that they did that garbage to help fund some solid investigative journalism. Then they killed off their actual journalism, and only did the garbage part. It was a really disappointing move all to maximize profits, instead of actually providing at least something of quality amongst the trash. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 6 months ago also the experience being told by former buzzfeed producers, pretty much tells it all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 6 months ago also the experience being told by former buzzfeed producers, pretty much tells it all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago BuzzFeed Listicles permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PacMan@sh.itjust.works 18 points 6 months ago Sadly they used to have a world class reporting group. It filled up with shit like a double seat outhouse permalink fedilink source parent