BuzzFeed Hits the Delete Button

Earlier this week, Vanity Fair posted a takedown of Buzzfeed by Julie Weiner called “40 Signs You Are a BuzzFeed Writer Running Out of List Ideas.”

It was a pretty funny take on the kind of click-bait content that Buzzfeed is absolutely skilled at creating. The site is the kind of place where you’re sucked in by one article only to regret it about an hour later when you realize you’re still there, clicking away and wondering how in the hell you’ll escape.

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