Clubhouse clones are coming • Hacker News Board

Re: Clubhouse clones are coming

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Post by fshbbdssbbgdd » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:03 AM UTC

reidjs wrote: post #5

One clubhouse is already too many. Listening to clubhouse is like turning a screen reader on your LinkedIn feed.

I always preferred the well-produced podcasts where a week is spent to make an hour of content (like those made by Gimlet, Radiotopia) over the ones that just throw some people into a microphone to ramble for a few hours. It seems like Clubhouse is that latter sort, turned up to 11. But those were the most successful podcasts anyway (eg. Rogan), so Clubhouse will probably take over the world.

Re: Clubhouse clones are coming

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Post by minimaxir » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:04 AM UTC

Barrin92 wrote: post #7

Technically speaking it's difficult to see if the label 'clone' is justified given that the concept of audio only chat rooms isn't exactly new. The biggest clubhouse 'innovation' might have been to make it an invite only app and thus create a cascade of FOMO in the style of Gibson's 'antimarketing' in Zero History where someone creates the world's most sought after jeans by simply not selling it anywhere.

A global pandemic limiting human interaction likely had a big effect in Clubhouse's success.

Re: Clubhouse clones are coming

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Post by theshrike79 » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:06 AM UTC

What is Clubhouse really?

What I've gathered is that it's like an IRC or Slack channel, but with voice? People just chat with each other. Is that really it?

Why is it a thing?

Re: Clubhouse clones are coming

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Post by gold_diamond » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:11 AM UTC

Discord is the better clubhouse

Re: Clubhouse clones are coming

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Post by jobigoud » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:19 AM UTC

theshrike79 wrote: post #33

What is Clubhouse really? What I've gathered is that it's like an IRC or Slack channel, but with voice? People just chat with each other. Is that really it? Why is it a thing?

Isn't that the same as discord audio channels? I'm also confused about what clubhouse is or why it's popular.

Re: Clubhouse clones are coming

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Post by themolecularman » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:21 AM UTC

Manheim wrote: post #23

themolecularman wrote: post #15

They're already here. A while back I looked into what it would take to make my own clubhouse app to compete. I found there were already dozens, all with tens of thousands (or more) downloads on the Play store and App store.

True, Clubhouse fame was very much due to a media hype, An important lesson to learn though. It doesn't matter if you are a late arriver, or your product is so so. If you manage to hit the popular culture hype waves you get traction from the popular media. That said, the hype around Clubhouse is allready in decline. Another lesson learned. A hit doesn't necessarily stick and can be over as fast as it started while th…

> That said, the hype around Clubhouse is allready in decline.

Agreed. With vaccinations and the winding down of covid I'm not so sure their popularity will last into the future.

Re: Clubhouse clones are coming

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Post by riantogo » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:27 AM UTC

JMTQp8lwXL wrote: post #13

Barrin92 wrote: post #7

Technically speaking it's difficult to see if the label 'clone' is justified given that the concept of audio only chat rooms isn't exactly new. The biggest clubhouse 'innovation' might have been to make it an invite only app and thus create a cascade of FOMO in the style of Gibson's 'antimarketing' in Zero History where someone creates the world's most sought after jeans by simply not selling it anywhere.

It isn't sticky. Sample size of one: I logged into to Clubhouse for a week, and haven't been back since.

+1 Used it for 2 days. Haven’t returned. And honestly the several rooms I visited had talkers who I would rather not listen to.

Re: Clubhouse clones are coming

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Post by pibefision » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:43 AM UTC

freewizard wrote: post #22

Not mentioned by the OP but Telegram also released an update last week to its group voice call feature, which essentially turns a channel or group into a ClubHouse room. https://telegram.org/blog/voice-chats-on-steroids

The same effect in WhatsApp will be amazing

Re: Clubhouse clones are coming

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Post by tomcooks » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:46 AM UTC

Barrin92 wrote: post #7

Technically speaking it's difficult to see if the label 'clone' is justified given that the concept of audio only chat rooms isn't exactly new. The biggest clubhouse 'innovation' might have been to make it an invite only app and thus create a cascade of FOMO in the style of Gibson's 'antimarketing' in Zero History where someone creates the world's most sought after jeans by simply not selling it anywhere.

Gmail was invite only and I believe the first example of such practice to create hype

Re: Clubhouse clones are coming

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Post by tomcooks » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:47 AM UTC

theshrike79 wrote: post #33

What is Clubhouse really? What I've gathered is that it's like an IRC or Slack channel, but with voice? People just chat with each other. Is that really it? Why is it a thing?

It's like mumble, 1:1