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These guys are loud, belligerent, arrogant and outright absurd [1]. But they are doing something incredible. They have a product with widespread adoption and a
by awwstn 13y ago
These guys are loud, belligerent, arrogant and outright absurd [1]. But they are doing something incredible.
They have a product with widespread adoption and a massive scope of new verticals to tackle, and they (I think) have a vision for this technology to make the web a better place for all of us. Just as Facebook was brilliant to attract the love of the cool kids (first Ivy league, then all college kids, then high school + college, etc.), which led to worldwide adoption, RapGenius is taking a far more creative approach than to just build an annotation layer over the entire web without any common beliefs, passions or interests to galvanize the community.
I'm excited to see it pan out.
Edit: I probably shouldn't call someone loud, belligerent, arrogant and outright absurd without a link. :)
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NAzQPll7Lo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NAzQPll7Lo
- austenallred 13y agoThe transition from "give me love... We decided to ballersource it" to "the technical limitations of the web dating back to Netscape" and "our vision for annotation as a new form of communication" is breathtaking.
- dram 13y agoFor a social site, they are doing great but how could they possibly have any technology that the CIA would need? And while I realize their personas are a joke, to me, they represent everything I dislike about music. Also advocating amphetamine use (not much different than meth) and openly talking about delusional theories of having sex on them would somehow produce smarter kids is just insane. I know some of it's a joke but their narcissism seems authentic.
- dfc 13y ago"And while I realize their personas are a joke, to me, they represent everything I dislike about music" and pop culture in general. The decline of authenticity is depressing.