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veen · 4001 days ago · link · · parent · post: The New York Times' Most Popular Story of 2013 Was Not an Article
It's the simple urge every website must try to fend off: the quick money. If you can spend twenty minutes to make some image/GIF-based page pandering to the crowd and make more money than a thoughtful article, why not do that once in a while? Buzzfeed is making money for the very same reason. As sites -and their expenses- grow they will probably cash in more as it is just so much easier from a business perspective.