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Re:Genius laid off a bunch of its engineers by johnpettus on Thursday March 16, 2017 @03:55AM (#13883295)
I talked to a VC who saw their original pitch. Said it was the fastest growth curve he's seen in his career. That was back when they were RapGenius.
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Re:Genius laid off a bunch of its engineers by stevebmark on Thursday March 16, 2017 @05:22PM (#13889317)
I'm assuming "growth" meant meaningless users just writing comments, and it was pitched as DAUs convertible to profit. If my assumption is correct this sounds like fraud to me.
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Re:Genius laid off a bunch of its engineers by timgilbert on Thursday March 16, 2017 @05:37PM (#13889427)
Well, I guess that explains why it's so widely-used for stuff other than rap lyrics then.
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