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14 points by yashpkotak 10 years ago · 8 comments

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tarkeshwarsingh 10 years ago

Looks interesting. But I remember a similar product from Genius. How is this different from that?

  • yashpkotakOP 10 years ago

    We discovered that speed and subtlety matter a lot to bloggers and media websites. We incorporated that feedback into our design and tech. Compared to Genius, FundaMine's design is really subtle and fits into the website's design. We also don't use iframes for the annotations. This makes FundaMine light-weight and blazingly fast even on mobile connections where most consumption happens.

    • tarkeshwarsingh 10 years ago

      But Genius has a huge network how do you guys plan to beat that? Often these kinds of products just sell on the community.

      • yashpkotakOP 10 years ago

        We plan to get ourselves integrated into media websites; hence helping them increase engagement and also leveraging their network to grow.

        • tarkeshwarsingh 10 years ago

          But media website themselves don't get comments in the first place. You guys really think that's gonna help?

          • rodina 10 years ago

            Don't agree. Actually engagment and comments is one of the key kpi for the authorth of articles

          • yashpkotakOP 10 years ago

            Totally agree with rodina. Comments are the best way of validation for an author. And inline comments help in getting more comments because of better context involved.

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