Pretty interesting dynamic. As someone pointed out, these people are hired by BuzzFeed for their ability to be creative thinkers/creators who show aptitude in drawing attention to themselves. These are precisely the kind of people who would do something viral like this after quitting the company. As someone else noted, this kind of public airing is usually career-limiting, but it's different with BuzzFeed in that many industry folks tend to have disdain for BF, so publicly dissing BF might have less of a negative connotation depending on the nature of the complaint.<p>When I saw this headline, I immediately thought of Mark Duffy's rant in Gaeker:
<a href="http://gawker.com/top-10-best-ever-wtf-omg-reasons-buzzfeed-fired-me-lol-1471409834" rel="nofollow">http://gawker.com/top-10-best-ever-wtf-omg-reasons-buzzfeed-...</a><p>I was surprised to see that BF apparently has such strong constraints on creative's side projects. That policy apparently doesn't apply to the investigative journalism team, where reporters seem to have free reign to open source their work and share their data.