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Ask HN: What happened to Clubhouse?
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Re: Ask HN: What happened to Clubhouse?
#112The worst part of all this is that clubhouse.io changed their name to some stupid thing that doesn't make any sense and they didn't need to. They could have just waited out the hype.
Re: Ask HN: What happened to Clubhouse?
#113The worst part of all this is that clubhouse.io changed their name to some stupid thing that doesn't make any sense and they didn't need to. They could have just waited out the hype.
I agree. The new name never stuck for me and I keep having to google what it changed to (Shortcut, FYI) so that I can find the bookmark to it.
Re: Ask HN: What happened to Clubhouse?
#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
We've had Internet radio for almost 2 decades; it's called "podcasts". It's literally eaten "real" radio; NPR probably has more podcasts than broadcasts now.
That seems to support christopherslee's point. NPR already had what it needed institutionally to do podcasts people wanted to listen to and the reach to make sure they have a chance to reach an audience. I could start one and probably do okay because I already know a bit about audio engineering and marketing and can make my own music, but most people start from 0.
I thought they could be an add on to podcasts or radio shows where instead of having a phone bank or twitter feed, people listen in on clubhouse and then when picked by the host they get to talk or win tickets or whatnot.
Re: Ask HN: What happened to Clubhouse?
#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is how I remember most of the Clubhouse content during the initial popularity. There were exceptions such as famous VCs, authors, and tech people doing Q&A, but everything else felt like content marketers, online course sellers, and crypto scammers having a field day with their sudden access to a lot of bored and curious people. Outside of a few pre-scheduled and planned Clubhouse events, I never actually found…
Don’t forget all the “Life Coaches”
My life coach works at Chilli's, I can go see them any time between 3 and 7 on weekdays. I can put in a word if anybody wants to respond below. Blue Cross is showing some resistance, but I think they'll come around.
Re: Ask HN: What happened to Clubhouse?
#116This thread captured it https://twitter.com/ShaanVP/status/1371972261004070913
That’s a really good summary / prediction.
My favorite line:
> You vow to only work on enterprise saas for the rest of your career
Re: Ask HN: What happened to Clubhouse?
#117Similar to Quora -- the hype was based on the initial exclusivity/SV celebrity factor. Once things opened up, average quality of content went way down.
Just like the Internet. When getting online at all was an IQ test the discourse was stellar. Sadly September came and never went.
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#118Earlier quoted context omitted.
What kind of useful answers can be found on Quora these days?
When you are doing an assignment for school that could be answered in 10 words but the teacher has placed a 500 words lower limit for it
The sky is blue. Why is the sky blue? Philosophers have wondered for millennia about the hue of the firmament. Some say that…
Re: Ask HN: What happened to Clubhouse?
#119They failed to bring in consistent good speakers.
The good stuff (i.e. An Atlantic writer, former ambassador, dude from think-tank) audience is too niche.
Discovery problem: you never know when good stuff is on.
Crap problem: so much hustle/culture BS.
They now have 'pre-recorded' sessions so you can listen in, which is very helpful.
But still a giant discovery problem.
I really enjoyed some content, but it's hard to find.
And big content makers want to get their stuff replayed, so the 'live' aspect is minimal.
I'm not sure if this model can work in the end.
Re: Ask HN: What happened to Clubhouse?
#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
When you are doing an assignment for school that could be answered in 10 words but the teacher has placed a 500 words lower limit for it
This describes so much of the content on the web nowadays and it’s just exhausting. I thought I was the weird one with my ultra-succinct communication but I now know the endless walls of text reflect the corrupting effect of needing to please search engines.
That explains a lot of the crap I see. Google something very specific like how to setup a testing library? You'll get an article from dev.to with a 3000 word wall of text containing not only a verbose description of what is unit testing and why you should unit test, but also the author's life story and maybe a recipe for mojitos
The actual content was a couple of shell commands and like 3 lines of JSON