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== Summary ==
Editors find the quality of BuzzFeed articles to be highly inconsistent. Respondents to a 2014 survey from the {{pslink|Pew Research Center}} on news sources in America ranked BuzzFeed at the bottom of the list.[{{cite news|accessdate=October 23, 2018|title=Media Sources: Distinct Favorites Emerge on the Left and Right|url=http://www.journalism.org/2014/10/21/section-1-media-sources-distinct-favorites-emerge-on-the-left-and-right/|website=Pew Research Center|date=October 21, 2014|first1=Amy|last1=Mitchell|first2=Jeffrey|last2=Gottfried|first3=Jocelyn|last3=Kiley|first4=Katerina Eva|last4=Matsa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020233211/http://www.journalism.org/2014/10/21/section-1-media-sources-distinct-favorites-emerge-on-the-left-and-right/|archive-date=October 20, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}] BuzzFeed may use [[A/B testing]] for new articles, which may cause article content to change.[{{cite news|accessdate=October 23, 2018|title=BuzzFeed's strategy for getting content to do well on all platforms? Adaptation and a lot of A/B testing|url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/09/buzzfeeds-strategy-for-getting-content-to-do-well-on-all-platforms-adaptation-and-a-lot-of-ab-testing/|newspaper=Nieman Lab|date=September 15, 2017|first=Shan|last=Wang|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121160312/http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/09/buzzfeeds-strategy-for-getting-content-to-do-well-on-all-platforms-adaptation-and-a-lot-of-ab-testing/|archive-date=November 21, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}] BuzzFeed operated a separate news division, ''BuzzFeed News'', which had higher editorial standards and was hosted on a different website. ''See also: {{pslink|BuzzFeed News}}.''
== Excerpt ==
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== Discussions ==
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=== Links ===
==== RSN ====
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 93#BuzzFeed]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 179#BuzzFeed]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 188#Buzzfeed, Mother Jones for BLP's.]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 189#May Buzzfeed sometimes be an RS? (Article about Chris Epps)]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 213#Buzzfeed]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 231#Beware BuzzFeed articles for at least a day after publication]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 232#BuzzFeed and Amazon.com]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 245#BuzzFeed (yes, I know – again)]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 419#Additional content from BuzzFeed appearing on BuzzFeed News]]
=== Recency ===
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=== Rfcs ===
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==Notes==
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| [[BuzzFeed]] {{WP:RSPSHORTCUT|WP:BUZZFEED}}
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| [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 93#BuzzFeed|1]] [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 179#BuzzFeed|2]] [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 188#Buzzfeed, Mother Jones for BLP's.|3]] [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 189#May Buzzfeed sometimes be an RS? (Article about Chris Epps)|4]] [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 213#Buzzfeed|5]] [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 231#Beware BuzzFeed articles for at least a day after publication|6]] [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 232#BuzzFeed and Amazon.com|7]] [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 245#BuzzFeed (yes, I know – again)|8]] [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 419#Additional content from BuzzFeed appearing on BuzzFeed News|9]]
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2023}}
| Editors find the quality of BuzzFeed articles to be highly inconsistent. Respondents to a 2014 survey from the {{pslink|Pew Research Center}} on news sources in America ranked BuzzFeed at the bottom of the list.[{{cite news|accessdate=October 23, 2018|title=Media Sources: Distinct Favorites Emerge on the Left and Right|url=http://www.journalism.org/2014/10/21/section-1-media-sources-distinct-favorites-emerge-on-the-left-and-right/|website=Pew Research Center|date=October 21, 2014|first1=Amy|last1=Mitchell|first2=Jeffrey|last2=Gottfried|first3=Jocelyn|last3=Kiley|first4=Katerina Eva|last4=Matsa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020233211/http://www.journalism.org/2014/10/21/section-1-media-sources-distinct-favorites-emerge-on-the-left-and-right/|archive-date=October 20, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}] BuzzFeed may use [[A/B testing]] for new articles, which may cause article content to change.[{{cite news|accessdate=October 23, 2018|title=BuzzFeed's strategy for getting content to do well on all platforms? Adaptation and a lot of A/B testing|url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/09/buzzfeeds-strategy-for-getting-content-to-do-well-on-all-platforms-adaptation-and-a-lot-of-ab-testing/|newspaper=Nieman Lab|date=September 15, 2017|first=Shan|last=Wang|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121160312/http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/09/buzzfeeds-strategy-for-getting-content-to-do-well-on-all-platforms-adaptation-and-a-lot-of-ab-testing/|archive-date=November 21, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}] BuzzFeed operated a separate news division, ''BuzzFeed News'', which had higher editorial standards and was hosted on a different website. ''See also: {{pslink|BuzzFeed News}}.''
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