I find the BuzzFeed Millennial bit cute but "dating a man who makes buzzfeed quizzes?" baby those were funny, empathetic interactive experiences that encouraged millions to gamify the act of connecting with others over core similarities. You would be dating a woman and the woman was literally me!
Mar 1, 2025 16:06Actually yeah, let me explain. BuzzFeed in the early to mid 2010s wasn't just a list and quiz site, it was what tech blowhards these days would probably call an "organic social share prompt incubator." It lived and died not on its content, but if people SHARED the content. But what leads to a share?
First of all, social media looked very different in the BuzzFeed era.
Without modern algorithms or a platform for social-first video content over 6 seconds, most of what appeared on our feeds was there because it was **written or shared by people to whom we had previously chosen to pay attention**
