Primarily because Buzzfeed just copy-pastes content from Reddit with minimal credit. Upvoted at least looks to be providing genuinely improved-upon content with strong attribution linkage. To me, it gets rid of a lot of the scuzzy-ness associated with Buzzfeed, so I'm all for it.
* It doesn't link back to Reddit
* There's no context
* It's glib, impersonal and bland
* It has an unnecessary illustration
* It adds nothing to the original content
Contrast this with what I presume is a comment from Tom Hanks about what his perfect sandwich is. That's meaningful.
[1] http://upvoted.com/2015/10/03/perfect-sandwich-tom-hanks-red...
I honestly see no value added with any of the articles I looked at. Every single one could be replaced with links to reddit comments, maybe with some quotes of the reddit comments, and the images down at the bottom.
It's a little less sensationalist than Buzzfeed, and I'd rather look at this than Buzzfeed, but I really don't want to use either of them.
> Primarily because Buzzfeed just copy-pastes content from Reddit with minimal credit.
Well, Reddit itself operates the same way. By the time it gets to Buzzfeed it's already twice removed from the original source (and Buzzfeed REALLY should find and credit where it came from). Redditors constantly take content and rehost it on Imgur sans credit. I'd really love to see Reddit make an effort to incentivize users to credit the source. Some subreddits do, which is good, but I think the site as a whole should.
It always pains me to see someone's photo, art or comic get thousands of upvotes but no link or mention of who actually created the content. Sometimes the creator will see it posted on Reddit and post a comment, but it often gets buried.
(Speaking as one who's had their work lifted thusly, particularly this one, "Momentary": https://500px.com/photo/43052792/momentary-by-porsupah-ree. It hurts, especially when there's not even any attribution, let alone any attempt to offer or agree on some modest fee)
[1] http://upvoted.com/2015/10/03/survivors-of-suicide-spent-the...