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Facebook is said to be building a product to compete with Clubhouse

nytimes.com

8 pointsbookofjoe10 comments

This has to pressure Clubhouse to actually launch. It’s been what, like a year in “invite only” beta?

I feel like Clubhouse is riding their exclusivity clout at this point. They should have had more than enough time to validate and scale by now.

Facebook is going to hit this fast, and they’re going to launch to a far larger audience. If FB beats Clubhouse to mainstream, pretty sure it’s game over.

Last time FB dating was going to destroy Tinder.

But at that point Tinder was already widely in use. The general public still can’t join Clubhouse at this point even if they want to.

90% of the whole world are also waiting for the Android app.

It's not just Facebook who's on to them, Twitter spaces is another competitor and is already in beta testing.

Whoever releases for Android first will win.

I found this linked article to be much more interesting.

Podcasts and Travel Apps? Facebook Is Working on Those

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/technology/facebook-npe-t...

Seems like a very fun place to work .

In a related news, the Pope is said to be Catholic and the bear is said to have taken a dump in the woods.

So, Clubhouse is iPhone only? Are developers so lazy today that they don't even bother to build a simple form to create a profile and wait until your mobile platform is supported?!

It's just group voice chat right?

   yes.

A group voice chat with a pretty UI. iOS only for now. The reason its blowing up is that the big names, the media and the VCs (who also invested in it) are hyping it up as the 'next big thing'. (it really isn't)

Zello has been there for 10 years and has 165 million users. Clubhouse is nothing new, apart from a new way to link up your phone numbers (very bad idea) I guess.

When the hype dies down, we'll see if they can really compete.

That's what I was thinking. It shows how important marketing and UX are when launching products.

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