Meaning of BuzzFeed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A news and entertainment website launched in 2006, owned by BuzzFeed, Inc.
2. A BuzzFeed article.
   informal

Examples

“Thanks to Facebook I saw tweets, memes, BuzzFeeds, and UpWorthy videos that gave me much-needed comic relief and valuable material you will read more about in the pages to come.”

“I scroll through my feed, clicking on Amazon links for my next read and also on some Buzzfeeds,^([sic]) because they make me laugh.”

“Get the BuzzFeeds you actually want to read / The viral content website has launched its own news app for personalised updates”

“But with increasingly publicized private lives through a variety of social media, failing at a marriage proposal has now become an event that millions of strangers can watch and even comment on. Indeed, “proposal fails” is an entire genre of YouTube videos as well as the subject of various BuzzFeeds, Tumblr sites, and even Twitter feeds.”

“And so I’m—maybe that’s a cautionary tale for print journalism, like do we run the risk of having so many Voxes—you know, Vox.com—that readers are kinds of sick of the BuzzFeeds and the Vox.com “listicles” and analyses, and then we revert back to the AP style with just the facts, like I’ve seen CNN try and make its name.”

““TODAY’S WRITERS,” HAH! I’LL STOP YOU RIGHT THERE! I’VE READ THE BUZZFEEDS, I KNOW ALL ABOUT THESE GEN WHAT-HAVE-YOUs-⁠- / THEY’RE SOFT, SELF-OBSESSED, GLUED TO THEIR PHONES ALL DAY. I DON’T HAVE THE TIME TO CODDLE THEIR DELICATE SENSIBILITIES! I’M LOOKING FOR HARD-EDGED JOURNALISM HERE-⁠-”

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