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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?
I'm still not convinced that clubhouse is anything more than real time podcasts saturated with linkedin influencers
I think the drop-in audio room is here to stay. It is a format. hn is a text room. Similar to how Twitter is a text room. Similar yet different. https://twitter.com/__tosh/status/1377587398973005827?s=20 I'm working on Jam which is an open source implementation of the drop-in audio room format, in many ways similar to Clubhouse or Twitter Spaces but also different (and more versatile). Show HN: https://news.ycombinat…
I thought Clubhouse clones referred to voice-only deep fakes that let one pretend they are in a room when they are not. This would be funny and interesting. It is sorely needed for video business meetings at least. But no, "Clubhouse clones" refer to copycat apps of Clubhouse. What is even the point of this. We need more silence, not more occasions to let noise distract us.
For me Clubhouse is random access to information. For this purpose it is really powerful.
I think Clubhouse started well but it really feels like is going downhill quickly. A16 is pushing its adoption hard (vested interest). It's just so spammy and when I scroll through conversation it is incredibly tough to figure out where quality resides. That whole growth at all costs mantra --> As we descend down the quality chart to large scale adoption I am not really excited to see where it evolves to.
The most praised and hyped aspects ("novel"/nice community, opportunities to listen to certain celebrities) were never anything inherent to Clubhouse. They were side effects of clubhouse being gated and hip among a certain crowd at the same time. Clubhouse fans can talk about their cool encounters on there all they want, it isn't something that was ever going to last more than a few weeks/months.
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Gmail was invite only and I believe the first example of such practice to create hype
When in reality it was invite only because Bob down in the data center couldn't wheel in hard drives and network switches quick enough..
This seems like an ok time to point to Shaan's twitter thread on why he believes clubhouse will fail [1]. Nothing is guaranteed of course, but it is an entertaining read. It's designed to be a bit over the top, silicon valley esque story style. But the person who wrote it, is writing from their experience of actually launching, and burning out in an attempt to build a similar company which makes the thread that much…
From the linked thread: > When a user opens an app (IG, youtube, TikTok) they need juicy content within 7 seconds (or they bounce). This is the "Interesting-ness" problem. > Those other apps (IG, Tiktok etc.) have millions of pieces of content to choose from. So their algorithms get really really good at finding juicy content for you right away. But clubhouse is LIVE. So you need something INTERESTING that's ALSO hap…
Brevity was what originally made Twitter popular after the first wave of blogging. I don't think the vogue for blowhards talking at length in 'rooms' is going to last long, whether within Clubhouse or any of the other me-too cloned feature additions in other social media platforms.
The cryptoscene descended on it like a swarm of ponzi vultures about 6 months ago and that is how i knew it was part of the silicon trash pile. another ponzi startup , only with bigger backers.
received plenty of invites, accepted none.