I'm sorry, I had thought you meant based on pieces and videos before you had even heard of this. That was how I read the last response and I suppose is why I am now defending them personally now, as opposed to their actions (which I still believe aren't a right or wrong issue - although it definitely will hurt them).
I don't work there but I use the site a lot, and when I used to live in New York they were one of the few teams of founders I met who were not complete bullshitters.
I started building an app and they had no reason to do anything for me, or provide me with any help whatsoever, but gave me detailed feedback on the product, gave me actual useful advice, and as my efforts became more and more successful have introduced me or championed me to numerous hard to get to people. Most people in their positions do not do this (at least in New York).
The reason why I responded to you in the first place was I saw you were still in university, and I bet when I was (I'm 25 so only a couple years ago) I might have thought the same thing of them. I might have burned a bridge for no reason, when actually these guys are extremely good people.
Although they put on a bit of persona when they deal with the tech press (mind you a lot of people I know wish they could do that), in real life they are sharp as hell, and are full of love. You don't meet a lot of people who give up jobs at Google, hedge funds and law firms to work full time on a lyrics website - but those are the types of people who put themselves on the line to try and work on stuff they are truly passionate about. Yeah sometimes outrageous, sometimes don't play by conventional rules, but those are the type of people that you want to work with if you want to try and build something successful.
I don't work there but I use the site a lot, and when I used to live in New York they were one of the few teams of founders I met who were not complete bullshitters.
I started building an app and they had no reason to do anything for me, or provide me with any help whatsoever, but gave me detailed feedback on the product, gave me actual useful advice, and as my efforts became more and more successful have introduced me or championed me to numerous hard to get to people. Most people in their positions do not do this (at least in New York).
The reason why I responded to you in the first place was I saw you were still in university, and I bet when I was (I'm 25 so only a couple years ago) I might have thought the same thing of them. I might have burned a bridge for no reason, when actually these guys are extremely good people.
Although they put on a bit of persona when they deal with the tech press (mind you a lot of people I know wish they could do that), in real life they are sharp as hell, and are full of love. You don't meet a lot of people who give up jobs at Google, hedge funds and law firms to work full time on a lyrics website - but those are the types of people who put themselves on the line to try and work on stuff they are truly passionate about. Yeah sometimes outrageous, sometimes don't play by conventional rules, but those are the type of people that you want to work with if you want to try and build something successful.
PS. I don't believe you are toxic