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Terrible comment, but for an industry built on fringe ideas and people it seems the guillotine of public or consensus opinion seems to act quicker and quick wi

Terrible comment, but for an industry built on fringe ideas and people it seems the guillotine of public or consensus opinion seems to act quicker and quick with extreme finality. I don't endorse what he said, and agree that he has down some clown'ish things in the past, but the 98% perfect of the non-offensive stuff he does gave Rap Genius a brand in a hyper competitive space and helped establish a brand. I don't know much about the internal situation at RG and can only imagine he was on thin ice if he was cut so fast, but this trend of public hanging really doesnt give much confidence in unpopular ideas being discussed in public forums.

jacques_chester 12y ago
"My guess: his sister is smokin' hot" is not really "discussing an idea". Plus it's a private company. They don't owe you or anybody tenure.
cmelbye 12y ago
This was childish, offensive annotations on a murderer's manifesto days after he killed several people. I'm sure we'd all enjoy discussing great ideas, but this was neither great nor an idea.
- moistgorilla 12y ago
  Honestly, the only thing a murderer's manifesto deserves is to be laughed at.
rmrfrmrf 12y ago
I agree, but I think it's just part of the beast. Investors don't want garbage like this (clear lapses in judgment that have little to do with the business itself) affecting their prospects of a return, and quiet discipline allows the Gawker/Tumblr/Reddit/Twitter/blog complex to spiral out of control in a positive feedback loop of outrage and speculation. And while you say Moghadam has been 98% perfect, that doesn't really change the fact that the other 2% of his behavior would have had him instantly fired multiple times over in any other setting. I think his removal will allow Rap Genius to clean up its image a bit.
- bksenior 12y ago
  He has had a pattern of this stuff and I can;t really think of another way they could have done it, but all of these stories are starting to read like TMZ.
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jacques_chester 12y ago

"My guess: his sister is smokin' hot" is not really "discussing an idea". Plus it's a private company. They don't owe you or anybody tenure.

cmelbye 12y ago

This was childish, offensive annotations on a murderer's manifesto days after he killed several people. I'm sure we'd all enjoy discussing great ideas, but this was neither great nor an idea.

moistgorilla 12y ago
Honestly, the only thing a murderer's manifesto deserves is to be laughed at.

rmrfrmrf 12y ago

I agree, but I think it's just part of the beast. Investors don't want garbage like this (clear lapses in judgment that have little to do with the business itself) affecting their prospects of a return, and quiet discipline allows the Gawker/Tumblr/Reddit/Twitter/blog complex to spiral out of control in a positive feedback loop of outrage and speculation. And while you say Moghadam has been 98% perfect, that doesn't really change the fact that the other 2% of his behavior would have had him instantly fired multiple times over in any other setting. I think his removal will allow Rap Genius to clean up its image a bit.

bksenior 12y ago
He has had a pattern of this stuff and I can;t really think of another way they could have done it, but all of these stories are starting to read like TMZ.

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