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On News Genius q: You can search by linked URL on Twitter, Facebook & Google (which will work regardless of the subject site's Robots.txt).
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 5 Favorites 2016 Mar 28 Mood 0

…in reply to @Chronotope
So, in that sense, is a list of sites/posts linking to your page on these services different from Genius's list of annotations on your site?
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 2 Favorites 2016 Mar 28 Mood 0

…in reply to @Chronotope
Mechanically no, IMO. So Genius.it is really about building a layer of people linking to your site with comments & making it visible.
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 2 Favorites 2016 Mar 28 Mood -1 🙁

…in reply to @Chronotope
In same way you might not want to see every post linking to your site on Twitter, so you don't search, you don't pull up your link on Genius
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 1 Favorite 2016 Mar 28 Mood -1 🙁

…in reply to @Chronotope
BUT!!!! And this is a big but. By placing this layer on the site Genius is creating a space that encourages a type of interaction & comment
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 2 Favorites 2016 Mar 28 Mood +3 🙂

…in reply to @Chronotope
And this makes their layer that is placed on top of the site (but not the one that lives in its own page on their site) a commenting tool
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 1 Favorite 2016 Mar 28 Mood +2 🙂

…in reply to @Chronotope
And being a commenting tool brings ethical responsibilities to Genius in regard to the content creators. Specifically control.
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 3 Favorites 2016 Mar 28 Mood +2 🙂

…in reply to @Chronotope
Which is to say: Creators should have tools to moderate the appearance of content in the over-the-site layer Genius creates, BUT...
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 1 Favorite 2016 Mar 28 Mood 0

…in reply to @Chronotope
...not in the comment layer that Genius houses on its own site. This is just good form and tool-builder ethics. B/c you want buy in from all
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 1 Favorite 2016 Mar 28 Mood +4 🙂

…in reply to @Chronotope
So if a writer wants to nix the ability for users to converse on top of the live site, that should be a viable choice.
On twitter.com ❤️ 3 Favorites 2016 Mar 28 Mood +4 🙂

…in reply to @Chronotope
Genius users can still do their thing, in own sandbox on top of site, & have the content live, along with interactions, on the Genius site.
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 2 Favorites 2016 Mar 28 Mood +2 🙂

…in reply to @Chronotope
But to say 'you can't link to my site with your site', which is the reality of completely blocking Genius; I don't think that's a good idea.
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 1 Favorite 2016 Mar 28 Mood +2 🙂

…in reply to @Chronotope
This is totally a complicated issue, because the UX complicates what is happening. No one is wrong, exactly (except asshole users).
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 1 Favorite 2016 Mar 28 Mood -7 🙁

…in reply to @Chronotope
But also *come on* Genius, if a site owner has an interest in helping you keep user-base civil, you should be drooling over the opportunity.
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 2 Favorites 2016 Mar 28 Mood +5 🙂

…in reply to @Chronotope
Publisher tools! This shit should be a launch-day assumption. No commenting tool has ever been used to do *only* good. Build accordingly.
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 3 Favorites 2016 Mar 28 Mood -2 🙁

…in reply to @Chronotope
It shouldn't be this much of a big deal to understand that the same data, code and tools with totally different UX are two separate products
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 1 Favorite 2016 Mar 28 Mood +1 🙂

…in reply to @Chronotope
+From a pure PR standpoint: Genius, you don't have a product without content to comment on, so don't be an ass to the people making content.
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 3 Retweets ❤️ 13 Favorites 2016 Mar 28 Mood -3 🙁

…in reply to @Chronotope
Generally, you should be explaining this shit about how your product works and why, not waiting for the media to get it wrong. Get in front!
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 1 Favorite 2016 Mar 28 Mood -6 🙁

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