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A Statement About Mahbod’s Annotations on Elliot Rodger’s Manifesto

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Re: A Statement About Mahbod’s Annotations on Elliot Rodger’s Manifesto

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Post by callmeed »

minimaxir wrote: post #5

Mahbod has been fired (i.e. not "resigned") due to these comments. http://recode.net/2014/05/26/rap-genius-co-founder-moghadam-...

Fired or asked to resigned ... pretty much the same thing, other than trying spin it like he resigned under his own volition.

Re: A Statement About Mahbod’s Annotations on Elliot Rodger’s Manifesto

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Post by darkrabbi »

Apparently this guy had a brain tumor and this wasn't the first time he's publicly embarrassed the company. He tweeted from the RapGenius account "WARREN BUFFETT CAN SUCK MY DICK".

http://www.fastcompany.com/3021564/most-creative-people/how-...

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/02/22/rap_genius_wa...

Re: A Statement About Mahbod’s Annotations on Elliot Rodger’s Manifesto

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Post by minimaxir »

RKoutnik wrote: post #9
minimaxir wrote: post #5

Mahbod has been fired (i.e. not "resigned") due to these comments. http://recode.net/2014/05/26/rap-genius-co-founder-moghadam-...

> The entire group of founder already has wallowed into a number of controversial issues, calling attention mostly to their idiotic hijinks than to their business. A claim like that should carry a source at least. Not all of us follow RapGenius' every move.

Take your pick: http://valleywag.gawker.com/search?q=rap+genius

Re: A Statement About Mahbod’s Annotations on Elliot Rodger’s Manifesto

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Post by nightpool »

Personally, I think this is a long time coming. Like, Tom, I have nothing but respect for Maboo, but I think many, many people have raised the point that his, for lack of a better word, "antics" are holding the site back. I know a lot of people in the HN community have been sharply critical of him, and for good reason. Maybe that's the main driver here, and Maboo's absolutely inappropriate response is the catalyst.

Re: A Statement About Mahbod’s Annotations on Elliot Rodger’s Manifesto

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Post by minimaxir »

cheetos wrote: post #12

Who are RapGenius' investors? Who is bankrolling these people?

Andreessen Horowitz, to the tune of $15M. Rap Genius was also a part of YC S11.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/03/andreessen-horowitz-iinvest...

http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/rap-genius

Re: A Statement About Mahbod’s Annotations on Elliot Rodger’s Manifesto

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Post by cheetos »

minimaxir wrote: post #18
cheetos wrote: post #12

Who are RapGenius' investors? Who is bankrolling these people?

Andreessen Horowitz, to the tune of $15M. Rap Genius was also a part of YC S11. http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/03/andreessen-horowitz-iinvest... http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/rap-genius

Thanks.

Re: A Statement About Mahbod’s Annotations on Elliot Rodger’s Manifesto

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Post by nightpool »

[deleted] wrote: post #10
nightpool wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's literally what the OP says, from a primary source.

[deleted]

>Were Mahbod’s annotations posted by a new Rap Genius user, it would be up to our community leaders, who set the tone of the site and our approach to annotation, to delete them and explain to the new user why they were unacceptable.

>Were Mahbod’s annotations posted by a Rap Genius moderator, that person would cease to be an effective community leader and would have to step down.

>And Mahbod, our original community leader, is no exception.

Sounds pretty conclusive to me.

And here's mahbod's tweet from recently >I want to apologize to everyone. I need to hear these criticisms, reflect for real, and work on becoming a better person

So I'm guessing its a little of both.

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