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Unofficial Networks = Buzzfeed

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Gooskin
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Recently, I've seen a lot of articles posted by Unofficial Networks that resemble other generic clickbait websites' ones ("WATCH: CRAZY CRASH IN TOP SKI EVENT: YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THIS!!"). So my basic question is exactly that. Is Unofficial Networks the Buzzfeed of skiing? If not, is there one?
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Nov 14 2016 10:37AM
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SofaKingSick
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haha they def have some buzzfeed-y kind of articles, but some of the stuff they post is good finger-on-the-pulse-of-the-ski-community stuff too. idk, it might just be some of the writers are good and some are bad, i dont pay much attention to who writes what. but the site is def still worth checking

good edits, line of the week, etc are great stuff on there
Nov 14 2016 11:18AM
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Sklar
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"ITS GOING TO SNOW OVER 9,000 FEET AT MOUNT BAKER!!1!11"
Nov 14 2016 11:25AM
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DominatorJacques
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I think they poke around and post stuff that they like or think is funny etc.
They posted one of my videos once. They give their opinion of what they saw etc.
I guess they are like Buzzfeed and another zillion sites that do the same thing.
I don't look at those sites. I did look once I saw one of my old videos going off because I found it was them that created the traffic.
It's here http://unofficialnetworks.com/2015/09/video-the-dos-and-donts-of-park-skiing

This is what they said about it
"Looks like this guy got his money’s worth on his lift ticket by setting up shop off to the side of jump and filming everyone that went for it. While I appreciate the footage, I am worried this may become a fad for GoPro dads across the country. Lets hope not."
Nov 14 2016 1:33PM
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