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An open letter to Marc Andreessen and Rap Genius

6 pointsby dwhlyover 12 years ago

7 comments

woahover 12 years ago
I guess the question on my mind is- does it benefit rapgenius at all to contribute to any kind of open annotation? As we can see with twitter, if you're going to bet millions of dollars on a content distribution and consumption network, you're going to have to display ads at some point. In twitter's case, they have slowly and surely begun to limit things that do not contribute to the display of twitter's ads (third party apps and open api access).<p>With 15 million and more to pay back, rapgenius will need to focus on things that contribute to the display of rapgenius's ads. Rap music is pretty popular, but I think they're aiming higher and broader (I'm guessing there might be a non rap specific product called "genius" out there in a year or so).<p>I'm hoping that they find it beneficial to their goals to contribute to the open annotation effort as they move forward.
tunabananasover 12 years ago
+1. The folks at hypothes.is certainly have the hacker ethos of openness and transparency at their core.
fbongorover 12 years ago
It would like to see Marc and Rap Genius engaged in the open Annotation effort.
pklauerover 12 years ago
I agree all perspectives are a plus - It would be great to have Marc and Rap Genius engaged in the open Annotation effort.
azaroth42over 12 years ago
Agree 100%! Disclaimer: co-editor/co-chair for the Open Annotation W3C Community Group
edroover 12 years ago
Great points all around.
lfarnumover 12 years ago
Agree with this completely