[manv1]

IMO the real problem with Clubhouse was it was for the intelligentsia and their hangers-on. That's not a profitable market.

Advertising dollars chase the masses, and what the masses want is, well, celebrities, the good looking, the attractive, and the funny. The public is chasing dopamine hits, and advertisers chase the public.

[vxNsr]

Yea it’s not clear how you collect money on the product aside from charging a subscription fee. Random ad interludes don’t work that well in a live setting, and most people aren’t looking at the app for most of the time they’re using to make visual ads work.