Major Troubles at Grooveshark

Well fuck, I love grooveshark. This belongs in something like /r/music though.

I can’t say I believe or don’t believe the author…but…it’s a bit of a red flag when I get a JS alert when I click to close out the grooveshark tab

Can someone copy/paste it here? Pastebin is blocked in Pakistan (dont ask why, I dont know…)

This is a more general question, but as a new and aspiring web developer, how do you find if these things are happening in a company? I’m not saying what was posted is true, but if you look at careers and the jobs Grooveshark posts on their website, it looks like a pretty sweet deal - a cool environment, great perks, etc. If one is looking for a job, what distinguishes the authentic from the possible Grooveshark-like companies?

everytime i see i see the pastebin logo on the thumbnail i know shit happened and someone is exposing something

shit…and I thought my pay was bad for the work I was doing =/

I would only hope this isn’t some elaborate hoax by a competitor. :slight_smile:

I’m glad you spoke up. Grooveshark at the end of the day, is just a website. Without good developers, they have no product. I used to like the site, but now I switched to Spotify because Grooveshark just couldn’t seem to come out with a good mobile app, and a native desktop app for that matter . Anyways, back to your subject – unfortunately sometimes the jobs that matter the most are the ones most on the line. It’s easy to blame developers and it’s difficult for developers to defend themselves, but HR can shift and dodge. Now with this experience under your belt, hopefully you will no longer be at the mercy of people who could probably never even do what you’re capable of doing.

Time to delete my account.

Thank you for posting this

It’s a shame, grooveshark was really leading the game for a second or two there.

I guess piracy at that scale is a little harder to ignore…