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"It’s taken a few stumbles and one less founder to get here, but Genius tells me “we’re psyched to pursue our mission of global annotation with newfound vigor.”

"It’s taken a few stumbles and one less founder to get here, but Genius tells me “we’re psyched to pursue our mission of global annotation with newfound vigor.”" Mentioned but hidden...

sergiotapia 12y ago
Curious, feel kind of sorry for him.
- famousactress 12y ago
  I hope that's because you didn't read about how why ended up leaving http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/26/rap-genius-co-founder-resigns-following-elliot-rodger-manifesto-annotations/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/26/rap-genius-co-founder-resig... And frankly, everything I've seen come out of rap-genius suggests that this wasn't culturally aberrant there.
  - sergiotapia 12y ago
    I'm aware of why he was fired. I still feel sorry for him. I think a lot of people overreacted over what he said, then again I'm not that familiar with post 9-11 US culture.
    - sp332 12y ago
      It was really offensive, and he made the jokes right after people had been killed which was even more offensive, and he didn't even put it on his own blog but injected that crap into the product.
      - iopq 12y ago
        So? People make fun of people dying all the time. I didn't feel his comments were offensive. I thought it was actually true, since it seems like Elliot Rodgers was angry at pretty women.
        mitchell209 12y ago
        People take offense at everything nowadays. Obviously he was an idiot for making jokes that anybody with common sense knows would offend people, but it wasn't any more offensive than jokes other popular figures have said before.
      - nailer 12y ago
        > 'Those include a disgusting, misogynistic guess from Moghadam that Rodger’s sister is “smokin hot” and compliments on the writing style of the killer.' Complimenting someone's writing doesn't mean you endorse their actions, and the killer's sister being attractive is relevant when the killer was motivated by sexual frustration. Sometimes we need to talk about things, even though people might be offended, or, in Gawker's case, act offended for attention and/or page views, another way of exploiting tragedy. Another example: http://history.genius.com/Kurt-cobain-kurt-cobains-suicide-note-annotated http://history.genius.com/Kurt-cobain-kurt-cobains-suicide-n...
    - onewaystreet 12y ago
      He wasn't fired for what he said, he was fired because it was only the latest in a string of incidents.
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    - CaveTech 12y ago
      Have you ever seen videos/interviews with him? He's probably the furthest thing you could be from a likable person.
  - chmullig 12y ago
    Agreed. Everything I've seen from them, every time I've interacted, I've felt like I needed a shower. They're scummy, shitty guys, and hopefully ejecting that founder will help them.
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"It’s taken a few stumbles and one less founder to get here, but Genius tells me “we’re psyched to pursue our mission of global annotation with newfound vigor.”" Mentioned but hidden...

sergiotapia 12y ago

Curious, feel kind of sorry for him.

famousactress 12y ago
I hope that's because you didn't read about how why ended up leaving http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/26/rap-genius-co-founder-resigns-following-elliot-rodger-manifesto-annotations/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/26/rap-genius-co-founder-resig... And frankly, everything I've seen come out of rap-genius suggests that this wasn't culturally aberrant there.
- sergiotapia 12y ago
  I'm aware of why he was fired. I still feel sorry for him. I think a lot of people overreacted over what he said, then again I'm not that familiar with post 9-11 US culture.
  - sp332 12y ago
    It was really offensive, and he made the jokes right after people had been killed which was even more offensive, and he didn't even put it on his own blog but injected that crap into the product.
    - iopq 12y ago
      So? People make fun of people dying all the time. I didn't feel his comments were offensive. I thought it was actually true, since it seems like Elliot Rodgers was angry at pretty women.
      - mitchell209 12y ago
        People take offense at everything nowadays. Obviously he was an idiot for making jokes that anybody with common sense knows would offend people, but it wasn't any more offensive than jokes other popular figures have said before.
    - nailer 12y ago
      > 'Those include a disgusting, misogynistic guess from Moghadam that Rodger’s sister is “smokin hot” and compliments on the writing style of the killer.' Complimenting someone's writing doesn't mean you endorse their actions, and the killer's sister being attractive is relevant when the killer was motivated by sexual frustration. Sometimes we need to talk about things, even though people might be offended, or, in Gawker's case, act offended for attention and/or page views, another way of exploiting tragedy. Another example: http://history.genius.com/Kurt-cobain-kurt-cobains-suicide-note-annotated http://history.genius.com/Kurt-cobain-kurt-cobains-suicide-n...
  - onewaystreet 12y ago
    He wasn't fired for what he said, he was fired because it was only the latest in a string of incidents.
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  - CaveTech 12y ago
    Have you ever seen videos/interviews with him? He's probably the furthest thing you could be from a likable person.
- chmullig 12y ago
  Agreed. Everything I've seen from them, every time I've interacted, I've felt like I needed a shower. They're scummy, shitty guys, and hopefully ejecting that founder will help them.
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