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I feel embarrassed saying this but I feel both Clubhouse and TikTok are pretty amazing. Both of them lower the barrier of entry on content creation and make di

I feel embarrassed saying this but I feel both Clubhouse and TikTok are pretty amazing. Both of them lower the barrier of entry on content creation and make distribution easier when one is starting out.

deanebarker 6y ago
TikTok is enabling some awesome creativity, which is weird because I can't figure out why it's anything new. Like, why did this one app take off all of a sudden?
- Cthulhu_ 6y ago
  It didn't; TikTok released six years ago in China. In the West, the app musica.ly was more popular, but it was merged with TikTok. Before TikTok and Musica.ly there was Vine, founded in 2012 which had a peak of 200 million active users by 2015. And of course there's Instagram, which has allowed short videos since 2013 as well to try and compete with Vine. And of course before all of those there was Youtube.
- rlyshw 6y ago
  the transparent content suggestion algorithm is insanely good. If you spend any amount of time in the actual app, you'll find it immediately starts catering content to you based on your specific interests (without ever obviously indicating them). Pair that with a very simple yet powerful "editing" suite, complete with audio editing and vfx, the app is the perfect storm for micro video content creation/consumption.
- amelius 6y ago
  Growth hacking, probably.
  - stevewodil 6y ago
    I'm not sure I would call spending billions in ads growth hacking
    - amelius 6y ago
      That's brute-forcing ;)
- daniellarusso 6y ago
  I don’t think anybody else in the social space has managed to work out licensing music as part of the content creation. Imagine if Spotify bought Snap.
- tmaly 6y ago
  Can you give some examples of awesome creativity on TikTok? I do not have the app, but I have only seen people share funny videos.
  - cableshaft 6y ago
    The only non-humor creativity I've ever really seen is BoardGamesInAMinute[1], doing minute overviews of board games. But I don't go to TikTok much myself. https://www.tiktok.com/@puffindor https://www.tiktok.com/@puffindor
typon 6y ago
I haven't found a single conversation on Clubhouse that was 1. interesting 2. i could take a part in I guess they are still growing, but I feel like the format has severe flaws and I don't know if they can be easily resolved as they scale. The idea is still solid though, but I don't know if they can execute it really well. Currently its a bunch of wantrepeneurs trying to sell themselves and that's really boring.
- ajsharp 6y ago
  When clubhouse is good, it's magic. But they have a content quality / signal noise ratio problem currently, making it hard to find good content. Combined with how notifications work, it makes the app very noisy and hard to find the good stuff.
- victorevector 6y ago
  This is how I felt before I found a room I regularly frequent. We meet up once a week for the past 3 weeks, and so far it's 3 consistent participants with 2-3 newcomers each time. I've only met 1 of them in real life. We talk about surfing ;p. What I've learned is that Clubhouse is only fun if you're participating. Unstructured conversations are hard to follow if you're not actively shaping it.
christkv 6y ago
The other clubhouse http://clubhouse.io http://clubhouse.io to keep my projects going. Just the simplicity of getting started with an agile board was great.
cesarvarela 6y ago
Beware of the dopamine addiction, specially TikTok, I think it's so addictive it should be regulated :)

deanebarker 6y ago

TikTok is enabling some awesome creativity, which is weird because I can't figure out why it's anything new. Like, why did this one app take off all of a sudden?

Cthulhu_ 6y ago
It didn't; TikTok released six years ago in China. In the West, the app musica.ly was more popular, but it was merged with TikTok. Before TikTok and Musica.ly there was Vine, founded in 2012 which had a peak of 200 million active users by 2015. And of course there's Instagram, which has allowed short videos since 2013 as well to try and compete with Vine. And of course before all of those there was Youtube.
rlyshw 6y ago
the transparent content suggestion algorithm is insanely good. If you spend any amount of time in the actual app, you'll find it immediately starts catering content to you based on your specific interests (without ever obviously indicating them). Pair that with a very simple yet powerful "editing" suite, complete with audio editing and vfx, the app is the perfect storm for micro video content creation/consumption.
amelius 6y ago
Growth hacking, probably.
- stevewodil 6y ago
  I'm not sure I would call spending billions in ads growth hacking
  - amelius 6y ago
    That's brute-forcing ;)
daniellarusso 6y ago
I don’t think anybody else in the social space has managed to work out licensing music as part of the content creation. Imagine if Spotify bought Snap.
tmaly 6y ago
Can you give some examples of awesome creativity on TikTok? I do not have the app, but I have only seen people share funny videos.
- cableshaft 6y ago
  The only non-humor creativity I've ever really seen is BoardGamesInAMinute[1], doing minute overviews of board games. But I don't go to TikTok much myself. https://www.tiktok.com/@puffindor https://www.tiktok.com/@puffindor

typon 6y ago

I haven't found a single conversation on Clubhouse that was 1. interesting 2. i could take a part in I guess they are still growing, but I feel like the format has severe flaws and I don't know if they can be easily resolved as they scale. The idea is still solid though, but I don't know if they can execute it really well. Currently its a bunch of wantrepeneurs trying to sell themselves and that's really boring.

ajsharp 6y ago
When clubhouse is good, it's magic. But they have a content quality / signal noise ratio problem currently, making it hard to find good content. Combined with how notifications work, it makes the app very noisy and hard to find the good stuff.
victorevector 6y ago
This is how I felt before I found a room I regularly frequent. We meet up once a week for the past 3 weeks, and so far it's 3 consistent participants with 2-3 newcomers each time. I've only met 1 of them in real life. We talk about surfing ;p. What I've learned is that Clubhouse is only fun if you're participating. Unstructured conversations are hard to follow if you're not actively shaping it.

christkv 6y ago

The other clubhouse http://clubhouse.io http://clubhouse.io to keep my projects going. Just the simplicity of getting started with an agile board was great.

cesarvarela 6y ago

Beware of the dopamine addiction, specially TikTok, I think it's so addictive it should be regulated :)