[yreg]

I'm happy that the Clubhouse format hasn't caught on.[1]

- I hated listening to discussions at specific times and having to schedule my time around it, missing out when something happened in another time zone, etc.

- I hated not being able to rewind when I misunderstood something, not being able to pause and think, not being able to return to something afterwards for reference.

- I hated the inaccessibility of it.

For audience participation I much prefer a podcast which is recording with a live chat room or a twitch stream that is saved as a VoD.

I don't think this trend of making content available only temporarily (seen also in Instagram/Facebook stories) is even good for privacy - if it makes people feel they can share something they normally wouldn't.

[1] I know about Twitter Spaces, but I haven't come across any yet. When Clubhouse came, suddenly everything around me was happening on Clubhouse.

[rozap]

I don't generally root for things to fail, but this one was so obviously user hostile in terms of UX and manufactured exclusivity that I'm really glad it's over.

[aaaaaaaaata]

> I know about Twitter Spaces, but I haven't come across any yet. When Clubhouse came, suddenly everything around me was happening on Clubhouse.

This is very much because of your specific social network, and I'm wildly intrigued to know more general notes about it out of curiosity.

[yreg]

Yes, for sure. I think my experience is mostly because of my location. I live in a country where twitter isn't popular. I basically read tweets of only @elonmusk and @waitbutwhy.

For a few weeks ClubHouse became very popular around here and major serious media, NGOs, etc. were all creating content there (instead of putting it e.g. on their YouTube). That's why it got me worried.

During that time I sometimes tuned into some US rooms as well (e.g. Jason Fried hosted a regular and interesting room), but I always thought that it would work better as a podcast.