2min chapter

The Gray Area with Sean Illing cover image

Clickbait’s destructive legacy

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Importance of Viral Political Content

Buzzfeed was charmingly naively sort of uncinnical. Like I don't think we saw it as a traffic hoarding machine. It was, well, like what do people like to share on Facebook? One of its co-founders went to work for Obama and in 2011, actually, that late Obama visited Facebook's headquarters. He didn't need to say like I'm visiting Facebook because it's a Democratic institution. It's like visiting Madison, Wisconsin.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode