Upworthy.com VS BuzzFeed

Upworthy.com Reviews

BuzzFeed Reviews

Upworthy.com mentions (2)

• Linguistic effects on news headline success: Evidence from thousands of online field experiments (Registered Report) [PLOS ONE]

  What makes written text appealing? In this registered report, we study the linguistic characteristics of news headline success using a large-scale dataset of field experiments (A/B tests) conducted on the popular website Upworthy.com comparing multiple headline variants for the same news articles. This unique setup allows us to control for factors that could otherwise have important confounding effects on headline... Source: about 1 year ago

• Is there a sub for anti-capitalism/consumption/etc. positivity or good news?

  Not a sub but "globalpositivenews" is a good source, so is upworthy.com. Source: over 2 years ago

BuzzFeed mentions (19)

• BuzzFeed News Is Shutting Down

  I can only imagine their disappointment when buzzfeed.com still pops up with their quizzes and "news" about the Kardashians. Source: about 1 year ago

• Get it Together!!

  From what buzzfeed.com? Is that what the quiz told you? Source: about 1 year ago

• BuzzFeed, after gutting its newsroom, asks reporters to produce even more — Meanwhile, the company's stock is struggling, revenue is in free fall, and editorial ambitions remain hazy

  The terrible part is they completely poisoned the name "buzzfeed" because buzzfeednews.com (not buzzfeed.com) does some amazing journalism. Among other stories they are the ones who received the leaked "FinCen Files" which showed that FinCen (the US govt agency in charge of monitoring suspicious financial transactions) was basically not doing anything and money laundering was freely happening under their watch and... Source: about 1 year ago

• Algeria, and the relationship between lead and iq

  You're focusing on the wrong side effect of lead, studies have shown that exposure to lead in the air increases violence and crimes, and the effect can last up to 20 years. I'm more concerned about that than some arbitrary whimsical IQ test on buzzfeed.com. Source: about 1 year ago

• Buzzfeed shouldn’t be suggested as a news site

  If I type in "nytimes.com" right now, I get news stories and midterm analysis first. If I type in "buzzfeed.com" the main story is "I Apologize In Advance, But Non-Americans Think These 18 American Foods Are Absolutely 'Disgusting”. You have to click on the logo and find your way over to Buzzfeed news, which to me at least, would suggest their news section is of secondary importance and isn't the main component of... Source: over 1 year ago