FuzzBeed – Randomly generated BuzzFeed(fuzzzbeed.herokuapp.com)
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FuzzBeed – Randomly generated BuzzFeed
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I end up at BuzzFeed content through social media or aggregators. Maybe it's because of who I follow, but I never end up at listicles and at pieces of content like this:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mallorymcduff/hiking-period?utm_term... (Which is not going to be for everyone, but it's more of a Medium-style piece.)
BuzzFeed cops ridicule on one front while covering a few bases and building a (presumably) profitable, capable media venture overall.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mallorymcduff/hiking-period?utm_term... (Which is not going to be for everyone, but it's more of a Medium-style piece.)
BuzzFeed cops ridicule on one front while covering a few bases and building a (presumably) profitable, capable media venture overall.
I'm finding they're becoming a decent newswire in Australia at least, they did a good job covering recent hostage incident in Sydney
Nice. The headlines should all be followed with "number X will blow your mind", "You will not believe number X", and other variants.
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Wait these titles are randomly generated? I just got "18 Wives with stupendous jugs"
So did I. Makes me suspect it's not completely random...
Hey, I'm one of the guys who worked on this.
Once we generate the articles, they're persisted on the website so that you can share them with your friends. If you want to generate a new article, go to the "Write for Us" page (link on the right of the top menu)
I think you guys just created a tool that's gonna be used by actual buzzfeed authors
Seems like they committed/pushed their Flickr API key[0] secret? Or is it just a dummy value?
0. https://github.com/bsansouci/fuzzbeed/blob/master/server.js#...
0. https://github.com/bsansouci/fuzzbeed/blob/master/server.js#...
Hackathons ;)
I emailed the commit author to let them know, just in case.
Good. Looks like a job for https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/ and a new API key + revoking that one.
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This is very well done, especially the fact that the generated articles are not just headlines, but actual real articles!
My tears of laughter have yet to dry and my tummy hurts. This is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Is there a way I can archive this to keep it forever and laugh until I die? I'd fork this in a heartbeat and host it on my server so I never have to leave my house again. Remarkable.
>Is there a way I can archive this to keep it forever and laugh until I die?
You could just set yourself on fire while reading it
You could just set yourself on fire while reading it
Presumably because they copied BuzzFeed's HTML without editing, iOS Safari suggests I download the BuzzFeed app. Hah.
That's funny because I always thought Buzzfeed was randomly generated Buzzfeed.
Why is it so slow? Looking at a 30 second load time on ipad...
It looks like there are a few things blocking (slowing) the loading of the page - could be fonts or some social-media stuff.
Great project! :)
Great project! :)
Awesome work! I've been thinking about doing something like this for a while – you beat me to it :)
Here's one generated from actual trending and real stories http://popist.com
The original link is a parody of BuzzFeed article construction, which is the point.
Well done :P
I've pulled similar shenanigans, I made one website for my school: http://latestart.cf
Then later: http://slatetart.tk
I've pulled similar shenanigans, I made one website for my school: http://latestart.cf
Then later: http://slatetart.tk
I wrote a blog post this week about the subject: http://minimaxir.com/2015/01/linkbait/
(HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8893448)