‘Why I Left BuzzFeed?’: Famous YouTubers Bash The Company On YouTube

‘Why I Left BuzzFeed?’ has emerged over the last few years as a topic of conversation among video creators on YouTube, with videos from popular YouTube personalities. These YouTubers who have spoken about their dreadful experience at their former company had almost millions of views which sparked a social debate.

YouTube is taking this conversation serious, and many former employees have come up to talk about their bad experience in working with BuzzFeed. The topic centers around video creators who once worked for BuzzFeed and who have since left the company. They have issues — some of them have to do with BuzzFeed, some with the opportunities they see ahead.

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Famous YouTubers About BuzzFeed

1) Kenny Moffitt

The first big video that seemed to fit this pattern of ‘Why I Left BuzzFeed?’ was from Kenny Moffitt in August 2016 and has more than 5 million views. Moffitt’s video is a pretty classic vlog, with him talking straight to camera. He notes that the company was making a ton of videos, and he was focusing on making hits for them. Meanwhile, he wanted to work on his own YouTube videos, something that’s not entirely allowed at the company.

“At the same time, I started to feel like there wasn’t necessarily a path for me at BuzzFeed, and part of that was because it was unclear what a path might look like, how to grow as a creator,” he said. Moffitt did not seem terribly unhappy with BuzzFeed, instead focusing on how the company’s priorities and his priorities were very different. So he left.

2) Allison And Gaby

The comedy duo Allison and Gaby from ‘Just Between Us’ created a “Why I Left BuzzFeed” video for vlogbrothers, the YouTube channel of John and Hank Green, two of the biggest stars on the platform. Their video hits on many of the points mentioned above, particularly the worry that creators working at the company are giving up the rights to anything they create, They are not going after the company, just laying out how these things work.

3) Safiya Nygaard

The ‘Why I Left BuzzFeed?’ took the hotspot after Safiya Nygaard made a video. Nygaard has more than 1.7 million subscribers on YouTube, and was formerly a BuzzFeed video producer. Her explanation for leaving the company is very similar to the previous videos — a desire for independence. The video was a hit and kicked off a fresh round of other video creators using the topic to show light about BuzzFeed employee situation.

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