Genius Users
Staffing Changes
Departure of @Maboo - May 2014
"A Statement About Mahbod's Annotations on Elliot Rodger's Manifesto" - @LEMON
"Google hangout re maboo tonight" - @liz
Departure of @SameOldShawn and @tomi - August 2014
"Moment of Clarity" - @GeniusFounders
"Best Of: Shawn and Tomi" - @GeniusFounders
Introduction of Community Staff - October 2014
Staffers gained: @Michael, @ScopeY, @streetlights, @stephen_j_p, @dalmo, @Brock, @XenaWarriorPrincess, @perfectrhyme
"Announcement: Community Staff!" - @VeggieCrumble
Departure of @Brock, @liz and @perfectrhyme - February-October 2015
"Sad News - Brock no longеr Rock Community Staffer" - @TheScrivenеr
"✩ beesknees off the mound ✩" - @liz
"News: Perfectrhyme moves from staff to community member" - @TheScrivener
Departure of @ScopeY and @dalmo - March 2016
"Some words from ScopeY (please read)" - @ScopeY
"I'm not going anywhere." - @dalmo
Hiring of @ewokABdevito, @epaulettes, @BasedGator and @nightpool - April-May 2016
"New Community Staff! Ewoks and Epaulettes and BasedGators, Oh My!" - @TheScrivener
"A summer of nightpool" - @glossybrown
Community and International Staff Cull - January 2017
Staffers lost: @BasedGator, @epaulettes, @stephen_j_p, @Tobias_the_explicator, @switters, @souslacapouche, @GuillaumeSimonin
"Staffing Changes at Genius" - @LEMON
"Goodbye." - @InTuneizzle
Hiring of @BrianErwin - August 2018
"NEW COMMUNITY STAFF: Brian Erwin!!!" - @Empath
Lyrics Associates - October 2018 - present
"Now Hiring: Part-Time Lyrics Associates!" - @Empath
Staffers gained: @WriteNProppa, @GaryTheJerk, @killersnowtiger, @louiedro, @BaoTumbao, @worstofalltime, @sarinacarr
"Now Hiring (Again!): Part-Time Lyrics Associates" - @streetlights
Staffers gained: @lonland, @DayCole, @NoBap, @KaeFromBR, @GershomThompson, @ammyp, @leemcintosh and @benkeller14
Departure of @ewokABdevito - February 2019
"EwokABdevito no longer on staff" - @Empath [DELETED]
"Fallout to Ewok's firing: How are you handling this?" - @Daktar
"Justice for ewok" - @Cameron
"Genius Italia x Ewok" - @Simonga
"Why was Ewok banned from the community?" - @fleeble
"Reprehensible execution and why I'm taking a step back" - @Beugeair
"This thread contains six bad jokes, three small mistakes, and a hidden poem." - @Vesuvius
"I'm Out" - @theonlydjorkaeff
"~March 2019 | Clean-Up Championship (Ewok Edition)~" - @kingkillmonger
2020 Staffing Changes - January-December 2020
"@WRITENPROPPA HAS JOINED GENIUS FULL-TIME!!!" - @streetlights
"Some changes on the Community and Product teams" - @TheScrivener
Staffers lost/moved: @BrianErwin, @Empath
"Will Genius Community Have a Future? An Open Letter to Genius Staff" - @Crackar
"Our company restructuring and changes to the Genius team in response to COVID-19" - @LEMON
"Time to go" - @TheScrivener
"Genius of the Month: December 2020" - @xMERLYN
2020-21 Community Staff Ramp-Up - November 2020-July 2021
"Exciting Community & Lyrics Team Update" - @streetlights
Staffers promoted: @killersnowtiger, @sarinacarr
"BIG COMMUNITY TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT!!!" - @Michael
Staffers promoted: @sarinacarr, @streetlights, @WriteNProppa, @louiedro, @worstofalltime, @GaryTheJerk
"Goodbye Genius ♥" - @sarinacarr
MediaLab Acquisition and Company Restructuring - September 2021-present
"Genius x MediaLab: Acquisition & What This Means" - @LEMON
incl. loss of numerous unspecified staffers
"Next Steps: Genius Team, Community Hangout & Site Roadmap" - @andrew
incl. loss of @Michael