Does anybody still use Clubhouse?
Hey, all! I've been editing the Indie Hackers newsletter for nearly two years now, and for my first couple of months, we ran a piece about Clubhouse probably once a week! Now, I never hear about it anymore.
Are any of you still using it? If so, what's your current experience?
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I haven't used it in well over a year, and I think about it so rarely that I was surprised to even see this thread.
I think it was a format that blew up due to some clever growth hacks + ideal timing during the first year of the pandemic when we were all locked down at home and craving social interaction. But the lock downs ended, competition came in hot (Twitter Spaces), and the growth stopped.
I don't blame the investors who took a chance on it, though. They had billions of dollars to deploy, and they're well aware that they'll miss some swings.
it benefitted so greatly from the timing!
I opened it up the other day just to check out what's going on, and it looks like it's still being used pretty regularly by certain niche groups: MLMs still seem to have a presence there. saw several rooms with thousands of people in them, and it was like their third room that week. saw some acting (improv) groups and religious groups that had a strong presence - i can see why that platform would appeal to them. i'm sure there are other groups that are still using the app regularly, but most folks have probably all but forgotten about it!
It looks like that Clubhouse had crazy traction with that exclusive registration (similar to what facebook did back in the day) in the first 1.5 years after publishing... and churn happen
This is why I'm always suspicious about stuff that just burst on to the scene.
For instance, my users have been badgering me to "integrate with Mastodon."
Easy for them to say, it costs them 3 seconds to suggest it.
Might take me 3 weeks to implement it.
I have no fucking idea if it's going to still be hot a year from now, or it will be a dud.
I'm going to wait and see how it plays out.
Well.. Twitter took the idea ! lol
"Creativity is just to connect things!" - Steve Jobs
I checked in on Clubhouse about a month ago and couldn't stay on there longer than 10 minutes. The CH environment is full of headline reading know it alls, who clearly do not research the topics for which they feel they are experts. There used to be some people on CH that made sense but they seem to be long gone. Now left behind are people that I wouldn't spend 30 seconds having a conversation with in the real world.
Apps like CH move in cycles, so I will keep it on my phone and check back in a few months before deleting the app altogether. I've personally launched an app in the crypto space that will have a social element to it. One of my biggest concerns is people's behavior towards one another on the app. I'm not trying to create a completely sterile environment, but people on apps and the internet in general are finding it much easier to just be down right evil.
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many still but the hype period is definitely over
what a FAD! How can a more handicapped niche product can compete with all the Incumbents
def a major fad! they were smart in how they rolled it out. the exclusivity aspect made it so intriguing, and they implemented other cool marketing tricks to grow quickly. but it just goes to show that gimmicks eventually lose their appeal! then what?
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