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Why Clubhouse Is No Longer the Funhouse

16 points by richartruddie 5y ago

richartruddie 5y ago
Some perspective on Clubhouse being in the dog house after being off to a super hot start the company has been losing users each month and here is why.
PaulHoule 5y ago
That Eternal September. When Quora started they got Jack Welsh to answer questions about GE. That’s star power. Am I going to register to read answers from armchair quarterbacks, no way!
1cvmask 5y ago
The vaccinations were their biggest enemy and the end of lockdowns. Rolling out Android late was an avoidable error giving their funding.
echelon 5y ago
You can't fight Facebook and Twitter on a feature that is adjacent to what they already offer. It's a losing battle.
rvz 5y ago
TLDR: Being copied to death by the big competitors whilst both releasing the Android app and opening the invite system late, killed the hype. I first asked about it's ridiculous valuation months ago. [0] Then about it being copied to death by the competition after it's 1 year head start, [1] and now the aftermath of the VCs still spamming the notifications to try to restart the hype train despite everyone leaving the app. Quite unsurprising here, and just 'as expected'. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25883362 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25883362 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27490149 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27490149 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27948804 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27948804
- acdha 5y ago
  > now the aftermath of the VCs still spamming the notifications to try to restart the hype train despite everyone leaving the app. I think this was the key part: Clubhouse was never big. It was heavily promoted in VC-adjacent circles in San Francisco but that doesn't translate into mainstream adoption and the access to elites which gave it the initial cachet is basically of the opposite of scaling since too many requests for attention will kill participation by the big names.
- MomoXenosaga 5y ago
  I see a lot of crazy valuations in the tech industry. Makes me wonder if I'm crazy or if its the kids that are wrong. Throwing million dollar darts at the billboard.
  - mrkramer 5y ago
    Inflation is eating investors' money now more than ever they need to invest it somewhere or risk losing lots of it.
- mrkramer 5y ago
  Clubhouse was boosted by Andreessen Horowitz. Clubhouse is not a platform it is a feature to be copied and conquered by all other social networks.
kgin 5y ago
You can’t scale exclusivity
1123581321 5y ago
Clubhouse was a fun novelty, but listening to meandering conversations with long pauses quickly lost its appeal compared to sped-up podcasts which offered similar conversations.

16 points by richartruddie 5y ago

Some perspective on Clubhouse being in the dog house after being off to a super hot start the company has been losing users each month and here is why.

PaulHoule 5y ago

That Eternal September. When Quora started they got Jack Welsh to answer questions about GE. That’s star power. Am I going to register to read answers from armchair quarterbacks, no way!

1cvmask 5y ago

The vaccinations were their biggest enemy and the end of lockdowns. Rolling out Android late was an avoidable error giving their funding.

echelon 5y ago

You can't fight Facebook and Twitter on a feature that is adjacent to what they already offer. It's a losing battle.

rvz 5y ago

TLDR: Being copied to death by the big competitors whilst both releasing the Android app and opening the invite system late, killed the hype. I first asked about it's ridiculous valuation months ago. [0] Then about it being copied to death by the competition after it's 1 year head start, [1] and now the aftermath of the VCs still spamming the notifications to try to restart the hype train despite everyone leaving the app. Quite unsurprising here, and just 'as expected'. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25883362 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25883362 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27490149 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27490149 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27948804 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27948804

acdha 5y ago
> now the aftermath of the VCs still spamming the notifications to try to restart the hype train despite everyone leaving the app. I think this was the key part: Clubhouse was never big. It was heavily promoted in VC-adjacent circles in San Francisco but that doesn't translate into mainstream adoption and the access to elites which gave it the initial cachet is basically of the opposite of scaling since too many requests for attention will kill participation by the big names.
MomoXenosaga 5y ago
I see a lot of crazy valuations in the tech industry. Makes me wonder if I'm crazy or if its the kids that are wrong. Throwing million dollar darts at the billboard.
- mrkramer 5y ago
  Inflation is eating investors' money now more than ever they need to invest it somewhere or risk losing lots of it.
mrkramer 5y ago
Clubhouse was boosted by Andreessen Horowitz. Clubhouse is not a platform it is a feature to be copied and conquered by all other social networks.

kgin 5y ago

You can’t scale exclusivity

1123581321 5y ago

Clubhouse was a fun novelty, but listening to meandering conversations with long pauses quickly lost its appeal compared to sped-up podcasts which offered similar conversations.