CLUBHOUSE APP: THE POWER OF THE COMMUNITY BY: MELSSA HENDERSON
The Clubhouse App is the latest way to interact on social media and it’s audio only with the exception of your profile picture. So far, the app boasts roughly 100K users who are quickly navigating the new eco-system of social networking. There are clubs and when you go to “the hallway,” you will be served different chat rooms with catchy titles. If you swipe left on the screen, you’re able to start a room with whoever you are following. Created by Paul Davison and Rohan Seth and backed by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, Clubhouse is a platform where users can participate in different chat rooms on a wide range of topics. The moderators of the discussion allow different users to speak, and new people who enter the room can simply chill in the background and listen or raise their hand to contribute to the discussion. The idea is to communicate in a way that is authentic and in real time. You can create clubs that attract your tribe or likeminded people. The App is just seven months old and it has already brought together people from all different walks of life. It’s like Soho House, you never know who you’ll meet in a room. The other day, I was in a room with Tiffany Haddish and Dr. Henry Louis Gates, the
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