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It's okay, because with decreasing attention spans, journalism will eventually be swallowed by click-bait BuzzFeeds of this world.

If you disagree, it's because on HN you're among peers that can actually read an entire NYT article or a think tank report. In one sitting. Without a Snapchat break. And HN is not representative of the general population.

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I really don't understand why people bash on BuzzFeed, especially when talking about an article like this. It's a place where real journalism gets done. One of the few that are left, really.

My only exposure to BuzzFeed was the flood of listicles that swamped my Facebook feed until I blocked the website. I didn't even know they tried to do journalism until the Uber scandal.

Until reading that article I'd have said the only thing that could be said in favour of Buzzfeed is that their listicles had fewer pretensions towards journalism (and better pictures) than most blogspam.

> I really don't understand why people bash on BuzzFeed

Probably because they Buzzfeed published a hypothetical suggestion by an Uber exec at a dinner party as an actual plan.

Ah Hacker News, the only place I go where they'll actually defend the bad behavior of a technology company.

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