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

by reidjs 6y ago

artursapek 6y ago
Hahhaha
- reidjs 6y ago
  Like a big party where only uninteresting people are allowed to speak. Like listening to your neighbors argue, except you can’t yell “shut up.” I wrote dozens of these
themolecularman 6y ago
On the other hand, while there are a lot of "influencer" rooms, there have been a lot of rooms where discussions I don't see going on anywhere else are happening. I'm specifically talking about politics, things like CRT (critical race theory) and it's march through schools, business, and politics. As well as other controversial subjects. At times they get heated but for the most part people are generally civil and the discussions can be enlightening.
- guscost 6y ago
  Yep, where the medium shines is with controversy. Live audio is simultaneously more humanizing, and less efficient, than text or pre-recorded social media. That tradeoff seems well worth it to me. Even so, a lot of discussions still demand good/strict moderation. And all the other growth hacking and flirting stuff is pretty cringey.
- reidjs 6y ago
  That’s good to know, maybe I should check out some of the less popular rooms. Similarly, it would be unfair to judge all of Reddit based on their default subreddits.
- watwut 6y ago
  You mean the theory that is now made illegal to be taught? There are literally laws to make critical theory illegal for schools.
- solosoyokaze 6y ago
  > I'm specifically talking about politics, things like CRT (critical race theory) and it's march through schools, business, and politics. This sounds like every right wing subreddit and youtube channel in existence. I don't think any of those have hit critical mass, definitely nowhere near something to justify Clubhouse's valuation.
konart 6y ago
Fortunately people may have different experience
fshbbdssbbgdd 6y ago
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.
yunohn 6y ago
> turning a screen reader on your LinkedIn feed This is an incredibly accurate representation of Clubhouse.
DVk6dqsfyx5i3ii 6y ago
LinkedIn is working on adding "Clubhouse" functionality to their site. https://archive.ph/tT2Z7 https://archive.ph/tT2Z7

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

by reidjs 6y ago

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

artursapek 6y ago

Hahhaha

reidjs 6y ago
Like a big party where only uninteresting people are allowed to speak. Like listening to your neighbors argue, except you can’t yell “shut up.” I wrote dozens of these

themolecularman 6y ago

On the other hand, while there are a lot of "influencer" rooms, there have been a lot of rooms where discussions I don't see going on anywhere else are happening. I'm specifically talking about politics, things like CRT (critical race theory) and it's march through schools, business, and politics. As well as other controversial subjects. At times they get heated but for the most part people are generally civil and the discussions can be enlightening.

guscost 6y ago
Yep, where the medium shines is with controversy. Live audio is simultaneously more humanizing, and less efficient, than text or pre-recorded social media. That tradeoff seems well worth it to me. Even so, a lot of discussions still demand good/strict moderation. And all the other growth hacking and flirting stuff is pretty cringey.
reidjs 6y ago
That’s good to know, maybe I should check out some of the less popular rooms. Similarly, it would be unfair to judge all of Reddit based on their default subreddits.
watwut 6y ago
You mean the theory that is now made illegal to be taught? There are literally laws to make critical theory illegal for schools.
solosoyokaze 6y ago
> I'm specifically talking about politics, things like CRT (critical race theory) and it's march through schools, business, and politics. This sounds like every right wing subreddit and youtube channel in existence. I don't think any of those have hit critical mass, definitely nowhere near something to justify Clubhouse's valuation.

konart 6y ago

Fortunately people may have different experience

fshbbdssbbgdd 6y ago

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.

yunohn 6y ago

> turning a screen reader on your LinkedIn feed This is an incredibly accurate representation of Clubhouse.

DVk6dqsfyx5i3ii 6y ago

LinkedIn is working on adding "Clubhouse" functionality to their site. https://archive.ph/tT2Z7 https://archive.ph/tT2Z7