BuzzFeed is making a social media platform

BuzzFeed's New Plan: An AI-Powered Social Media Platform to Help "Spread Joy"
In an open letter, CEO Jonah Peretti calls out TikTok and Meta for prioritizing AI tech over content and says people miss the mid-2010s "'beer and wine' era of the internet."
BuzzFeed announces new social platform, says aims to disrupt social media
BuzzFeed (BZFD) announced a new social platform that it says is “designed to bring joy and creativity back to the internet.” “For years, major
BuzzFeed Designing AI-Driven Social-Media Platform as Part of Continuing Business Overhaul
The digital-media company said its designing a social platform that will contrast with algorithm-centric ones.
Jonah Peretti writes “manifesto” for Buzzfeed’s new social media platform
We need to be maniacal about packaging our content so it can compete in the social media feeds against SNARF.” —N
BuzzFeed plans to combat AI social media with... AI social media
Ironically, in a memo regarding his social media plans Peretti identifies AI as one of the problems at competitor companies like ByteDance (which owns TikTok) and Meta (which owns Facebook). “Having a job at Meta is beginning to feel like being a UBI recipient,
BuzzFeed wants to fight AI-driven social media with a platform of its own
BuzzFeed plans on launching a new social platform “built specifically to spread joy and enable playful creative expression.” In a blog post published on Tuesday, BuzzFeed co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti highlights the “growing discontent” with platforms using AI-driven algorithms to keep users glued to their screens,
Social media is broken. Could BuzzFeed’s new “Island” platform finally make social media about the content, not the algorithms?
As social media platforms become increasingly political and algorithm-centric, many are looking for alternatives to the Meta, the Musk-owned X, or the banned-then-not-banned TikTok. But the next social media alternative could come from an unexpected source: BuzzFeed.
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UnitedHealth hired a defamation law firm to go after social media posts criticizing the company
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Social media CEOs limit screen time—maybe you should, too
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Bianca Censori denies she wrote post praying for husband Ye after his hate-filled social media tirade
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