Unfortunately their brand is tainted by the reddit-meme listicle crap of their sister site. I'm surprised they haven't changed their name yet.
Good to know that the latter is doing some good journalism, But perhaps a rebranding is due?
Also like many of my friends, I get about 90-100% of my news from Reddit. I just don't care about visiting individual publications. Doesn't appeal to me.
What subs?
As a casual Reddit user, I know Chapo got banned. I know technically the reasons weren’t for its politics, but lol... Anyway. Are other anti capitalist subs that much against the status quo?
Edit: I liked your pithy comment about being lower class and nothing wrong with that in the Pine phone thread.
It's intriguing that a click bait platform decided to create an investigative journalism site but with the same brand. It's definitely not aimed to get those who don't visit Buzzfeed but to leverage their existing audience, Then again why would someone interested in 'What Is Your Inner Potato?' be interested in reading about human rights abuses?
I'm genuinely curious about Buzzfeed's rationale to build a factual news site when their brand represented anything but that i.e. 'Going against what their recommendation engine would typically suggest for their users'.
Investigative journalism is even harder to monetize than regular journalism. For example, you can't really publish a sponsored article.
Doesn’t letting a democratic process decide what news you see worry you? That leads to severe echo chamber problems.
Same goes for the echo chamber comment: Most newspapers are not bipartisan either. Reading Reddit is like reading a single source, in a way.
rebranding buzzfeed news would defeat the purpose.
Without the giant clickbait money engine that is BuzzFeed, I'd be really surprised if BuzzFeed News would be profitable enough to operate independently.