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Re: Clubhouse Payments

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Post by khc »

not_exactly__ wrote: post #75
xiii1408 wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Yet, with no Android app and an increasing amount of competitors copying the hell out of Clubhouse, I can only see this going in the way of Meerkat, Yik Yak and Periscope. (By being shut down) We'll of course have to wait and see, but I don't imagine that Clubhouse will be entirely displaced. What's unique about Clubhouse is not the concept of a Clubhouse room itself, which is essentially a Discord channel with bas…

The (possible) irony is that ClubHouse uses Agora behind the scenes to power its real-time audio. that’s a Chinese company based in Mainland China. I’d be careful if I was them. The double irony is that I believe Agora is blocked behind TGF.

I think the usual abbreviation is GFW not TGF

Re: Clubhouse Payments

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Post by mrtksn »

elietoubi wrote: post #105

Full disclosure: I work in the payment space. -> I really wish that they used crypto for this type of things. Crypto has some pretty massive advantages. 1) No cc fees if you have a wallet. 2) No risk of censorship 3) support in any country.

It’s also very hard to use, mistakes are permanent and a lot if not most people never hold any crypto outside of the exchanges.

Transfers are also slow and too expensive for small amounts.

Moving funds costs about 20$ at the moment for BTC.

Re: Clubhouse Payments

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Post by tmpz22 »

ZephyrBlu wrote: post #57
tmpz22 wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Every content platform has a slew of top earners who are effectively bad actors. But they're profitable so they get to stay. Diet supplements, vitamins, and other garbage on Youtube. xQc on Twitch. Every. Single. One.

How is xQc a bad actor? He just memes with his chat.

Are you trolling? He's been banned over a dozen times from twitch, OWL, GTA5 RP, for a reason. His chat spills over to other streamers, harasses them on Twitter and Instagram, and spreads misogynistic (whore, slut, etc.), and homophobic, filth.

The last incident? Yesterday [1].

[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/search/?q=xqc&sort=t...

Re: Clubhouse Payments

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Post by dmak »

PeterisP wrote: post #74
015a wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you read the linked announcement: > 100% of the payment will go to the creator. The person sending the money will also be charged a small card processing fee, which will go directly to our payment processing partner, Stripe. Clubhouse will take nothing.

It's still a risky business model, since in certain fraud cases it will be left holding the bag for chargebacks if it has released the money to a fraudster but they don't have a revenue stream proportional to the payment amount to cover whatever percentage of the transactions are fraudulent.

Stripe Connect.

Re: Clubhouse Payments

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Post by sturmeh »

manigandham wrote: post #94

What a strange app. Are people really that amazed by conference calls? It seems the entire play right now is exclusivity, not product.

Discord took the concept of "voice-only" communication software and extended it to a full integrated solution.

This is just, yet another "voice-only" communication app, except it's iOS exclusive, invite only and seems to focus on features that definitely have no place in a "developing" platform.

Re: Clubhouse Payments

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Post by codetrotter »

tfang17 wrote: post #58

Anybody manage to find a creator that has tipping enabled yet? Spent a bit looking and couldn't find anyone.

First ensure that you have the latest update of Clubhouse installed. Then look at for example this profile (update: link removed, see below.)

Edit: it seems that clicking the link to the profile I shared does not show send money button. Looks like you have to go via a room or club maybe?

Here, try going to this club instead and then visiting some of the profiles there and see if you see the button (again, after you’ve updated): https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/atsm

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with this club. I post this simply because I saw that they had a room about Clubhouse payments, and people there have the send money button.

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Post by [deleted] »

minimaxir wrote: post #6

This provides a very strong incentive for bad actors on Clubhouse to create rooms to ask for money under false/scammy pretenses, and Clubhouse has an unclear moderation policy for that.

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Re: Clubhouse Payments

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Post by ZephyrBlu »

tmpz22 wrote: post #113
ZephyrBlu wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is xQc a bad actor? He just memes with his chat.

Are you trolling? He's been banned over a dozen times from twitch, OWL, GTA5 RP, for a reason. His chat spills over to other streamers, harasses them on Twitter and Instagram, and spreads misogynistic (whore, slut, etc.), and homophobic, filth. The last incident? Yesterday [1]. [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/search/?q=xqc&sort=t...

xQc is just an edgy entertainer with a short fuse. I wouldn't class him as a bad actor because I don't think he intentionally tries to ruin things.

Twitch chat is also a completely different beast that no one controls.

Re: Clubhouse Payments

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Post by azinman2 »

not_exactly__ wrote: post #75
xiii1408 wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Yet, with no Android app and an increasing amount of competitors copying the hell out of Clubhouse, I can only see this going in the way of Meerkat, Yik Yak and Periscope. (By being shut down) We'll of course have to wait and see, but I don't imagine that Clubhouse will be entirely displaced. What's unique about Clubhouse is not the concept of a Clubhouse room itself, which is essentially a Discord channel with bas…

The (possible) irony is that ClubHouse uses Agora behind the scenes to power its real-time audio. that’s a Chinese company based in Mainland China. I’d be careful if I was them. The double irony is that I believe Agora is blocked behind TGF.

This is something that is swappable if they're concerned about it. The brand, however, is not.
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