What is Clubhouse? The invite-only social media platform that people are paying to join
3 years, 9 months ago

What is Clubhouse? The invite-only social media platform that people are paying to join

ABC  

When Dan lost his job due to COVID-19, he found an unlikely income stream: selling invites to a new social media platform. Launched in April last year, Clubhouse is being spruiked as "the next big thing" in social media. Clubhouse features a central "hallway" that opens onto "conversation rooms" like the one pictured here. "Right now, it's like a gentlemen's club or an insider's club that only people who are very invested in would seek out," Dr Abidin said. "It's new and people don't want to miss the hype train," Guilherme said.

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Clubhouse Aims To Become Audio Messaging App With 'Chats'
1 year, 4 months ago

Clubhouse Aims To Become Audio Messaging App With 'Chats'

ABP News  

Months after laying off 50 per cent of its staff, social audio platform Clubhouse is trying to make a comeback as it revamps itself into an audio messaging app. The company has announced it is "evolving" Clubhouse to be more like a messaging app with a big new update, available now on both iOS and Android devices. Clubhouse's new update …

Clubhouse ‘says goodbye’ to half of its staff in mass layoffs
1 year, 8 months ago

Clubhouse ‘says goodbye’ to half of its staff in mass layoffs

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Now, just two years following the company’s initial boom, co-founders Paul Davison and Rohan Seth said in …

Clubhouse Adds Text Chat To Platform For Mic Shy Users
2 years, 10 months ago

Clubhouse Adds Text Chat To Platform For Mic Shy Users

ABP News  

New Delhi: In a bid to make the platform useful for the mic shy too, social audio chat app Clubhouse is introducing a new feature that is called in-room chat. ".That’s why today we’re introducing in-room chat which will allow users—from the mods to the listeners in the audience—to communicate with each other via text during a live room. "We …

Has Clubhouse plateaued before it hit the peak?
3 years, 3 months ago

Has Clubhouse plateaued before it hit the peak?

Live Mint  

MUMBAI :It’s less than a year and a half since its launch but “Do people still use Clubhouse?" Clubhouse’s daily active users on Android devices in India stood at 1.26 million in August, 46.75% less than July, according to data from Similarweb, a web analytics platform. “During the lockdown, a lot of people starved of social interactions needed a platform …

Has Clubhouse plateaued before it peaked?
3 years, 3 months ago

Has Clubhouse plateaued before it peaked?

Live Mint  

MUMBAI: It has been less than a year and a half since its launch but “Do people still use Clubhouse?" In June this year, buoyed by its launch on Android in the last week of May, Clubhouse clocked 5.9 million app downloads in India across Apple Store and Play Store. Clubhouse’s daily active users on Android devices in India stood …

Clubhouse Integrates Instagram Direct Message-Inspired 'Backchannel'
3 years, 5 months ago

Clubhouse Integrates Instagram Direct Message-Inspired 'Backchannel'

News 18  

Clubhouse finally has its own direct messaging service! Like Instagram and Twitter, the 100 percent audio application now lets users send direct messages to each other. Dubbed “Backchannel,” this direct messaging system lets users start conversations, whether one to one or as a group. To access messaging, simply swipe right while on the home page or click the small paper …

Vanishing videos, words and voice ... Clubhouse as new craze on social media
3 years, 7 months ago

Vanishing videos, words and voice ... Clubhouse as new craze on social media

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Would you invest in a social media app where users cannot upload pictures or videos, where you cannot type any text, where nothing remains after the moment passes - without scope to like, re-tweet or share, or even join by downloading it if you want? The audio app allows users to create or join voice chat rooms where users …

Now talk and listen endlessly through Clubhouse —an audio-based social media app: Step-by-step guide
3 years, 7 months ago

Now talk and listen endlessly through Clubhouse —an audio-based social media app: Step-by-step guide

India Today  

The invite-based and audio-only platform ‘Clubhouse’ has become the talk of the town even though it was launched not long ago. With more and more social media influencers, especially youngsters, using the Clubhouse app, people have now started getting invitations to join the app in bulk. Clubhouse, an audio-based social media application, is a platform where users can communicate in …

Facebook announces plans for its Clubhouse chatroom copycat
3 years, 8 months ago

Facebook announces plans for its Clubhouse chatroom copycat

Daily Mail  

Facebook announced Monday it is developing a series of ‘social audio’ products to compete against rivals such as Twitter and popular new chatroom app Clubhouse. As well as targeting Twitter and Clubhouse, Facebook also appears to have set Apple in its sights by offering users podcasts that can be downloaded and listened to directly in its main app Mark Zuckerberg …

How Clubhouse became a sandbox for talking ’influencers’
3 years, 9 months ago

How Clubhouse became a sandbox for talking ’influencers’

Live Mint  

An internet spin on talk radio, the new social network Clubhouse has become a sandbox for people tinkering with ways to win fans and make money with audio. Taz Zammit recounted being in a Clubhouse "room" while a beloved DJ made millions of dollars auctioning off musical creations tuned to the hot trend of authentication with "non fungible token" technology. …

The Buzzy, Chatty, Out-of-Control Rise of Clubhouse
3 years, 9 months ago

The Buzzy, Chatty, Out-of-Control Rise of Clubhouse

Wired  

The Elle magazine article was a shocker. Why had Bloomberg News reporter Christie Smythe tossed away her “perfect little Brooklyn life” to pursue a seemingly doomed love affair with a sneering criminal known for jacking up medicine prices by 5,000 percent? Clubhouse, as you have no doubt heard, is an invitation-only audio social network that has drawn millions of people …

Twitter to launch Clubhouse-like feature in Android devices
3 years, 10 months ago

Twitter to launch Clubhouse-like feature in Android devices

The Hindu  

Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it has rolled out Spaces, its Clubhouse-equivalent audio chat feature, to Android devices. The social network announced a private beta testing of Spaces in iOS devices in December last year, aiming to compete with Clubhouse, an invite-only audio chat app available exclusively to iPhone users. Twitter’s move to extend the feature to Android users could …

Clubhouse's Security and Privacy Lag Behind Its Explosive Growth
55 years ago

Clubhouse's Security and Privacy Lag Behind Its Explosive Growth

Wired  

In recent months, the audio-based social media app Clubhouse has emerged as Silicon Valley's latest disruptive darling. “Things you might have gotten away with with only 100,000 people on the platform—you increase those numbers tenfold and the level of exposure goes up, the threat goes up, the number of people probing your platform goes up.” Recent security concerns about Clubhouse …

Clubhouse Is Booming. So Is the Ecosystem Around It
55 years ago

Clubhouse Is Booming. So Is the Ecosystem Around It

Wired  

About a month ago, Marcin Brukiewicz scored an invite to Clubhouse and started spending hours on the audio app. “There’s this cottage industry of people now getting on the platform who are trying to capitalize on the moment,” says Chris Messina, a product strategist and early Clubhouse user. YoYo Club—advertised as the “Eventbrite for Clubhouse”—gives moderators a way to plan …

What is Clubhouse app, how to get invite, and everything else answered
3 years, 10 months ago

What is Clubhouse app, how to get invite, and everything else answered

India Today  

Clubhouse is all the rage right now, and for all the good reasons. For example, if you chose space science, you may get a chance to see one of Elon Musk’s Clubhouse sessions in the suggestions and eventually join it. Remember, an existing Clubhouse user gets only two invites initially, so it is not like they can spam the app …

Clubhouse | The new network on the block
3 years, 10 months ago

Clubhouse | The new network on the block

The Hindu  

It is being touted as the next big thing in social media. At a time when much of the social media conversation is driven by pithy text updates, filtered photos, snappy videos, and memes, the San Francisco-based Clubhouse app is centred around people talking real-time, no cameras on. “Voice is so universal but in the world of social networking, it’s …

Facebook Working on New Voice-Based Chat Platform to Rival Clubhouse
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook Working on New Voice-Based Chat Platform to Rival Clubhouse

News 18  

Facebook is reportedly working on its own version of Clubhouse – the invitation-only audio-chat social networking app. According to a report in The New York Times, the social media giant has asked employees to create a similar product like Clubhouse, though the development is said to be in early stages. “We’ve been connecting people through audio and video technologies for …

Facebook now building Clubhouse-like app, days after Mark Zuckerberg tried it
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook now building Clubhouse-like app, days after Mark Zuckerberg tried it

India Today  

Facebook is reportedly working on a new app that bears a strong resemblance to the audio-chatting app Clubhouse. As per reports, Facebook is developing an app similar to Clubhouse and it is in its “early stages of development”. As per New York Times report, Facebook has asked its product team to create an app similar to Clubhouse. Interestingly, the reports …

Clubhouse May Be Social Media's Future. What's All The Hype About?
3 years, 11 months ago

Clubhouse May Be Social Media's Future. What's All The Hype About?

NPR  

Clubhouse May Be Social Media's Future. Sponsor Message Tech analyst Jeremiah Owyang, who was one of the first to sign up for Clubhouse, said the serendipity of the app --"that pleasure of not knowing what's next" — is part of the draw. She hosts a weekly room called "Office Hours," where she and many others gather for "workshopping just tough …

Why Clubhouse is being hailed as the next big thing
3 years, 11 months ago

Why Clubhouse is being hailed as the next big thing

Live Mint  

Silicon Valley’s hottest and latest social platform Clubhouse is being promoted by celebrities and users alike. While the app has existed since 2019, it became Silicon Valley’s most talked-about platform last year, after many celebrities started taking interest in it, thereby increasing its visibility. Facebook and Tesla chiefs Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk recently made surprise appearances on Clubhouse, further …

Clubhouse is an audio-only app that does not record conversations, here is how to use it
3 years, 11 months ago

Clubhouse is an audio-only app that does not record conversations, here is how to use it

India Today  

2020 was the year of virtual interactions with stay-at-home culture becoming a norm. "Anyone can get one by joining the waitlist, or by asking an existing user for one," Clubhouse notes in its app description. Clubhouse was founded in April 2020 by Alpha Exploration and has already seen 2.4 million downloads on Apple’s App Store globally. What makes Clubhouse popular …

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