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Some Clubhouse power users discuss the app's problems with scammers, moderation issues, stolen jokes, copied room concepts, celebrity imposters, and more

Fake laughs, imposters, and scams — behind the invite-only audio app's most obsessive users  —  For the first time since the pandemic started …

The Verge Ashley Carman

Discussion

  • @j__liang @j__liang on x
    Genuine question, how many of you still use Clubhouse? Personally I used it quite a bit the first few weeks. Then the novelty died down and the same topics kept popping up https://twitter.com/...
  • @ashleyrcarman Ashley Carman on x
    i talked to the woman who's tracking all the scams in the app with her sub-club the “anti-grift squad,” and i learned there's chosen, designated LAUGHERS for comedy rooms. bc a comedian performing for a muted, quiet room is... not good.
  • @ashleyrcarman Ashley Carman on x
    love this creator who hosts a saw-themed trivia room, which he hosts as jigsaw. yes, the murderer clown. he turns all the lights in his room red, puts on this mask, and uses voice effects to sound scary. constantly figuring out new ways to “put people in the dirt” https://twitter…
  • @backlon Dieter Bohn on x
    Here is a huge, deep, fun, and informative look at the growing pains over at Clubhouse from @ashleyrcarman. She talks to super users, details emergent behaviors, appropriation, scams, and much more. The best look at Clubhouse I've seen, full stop. https://www.theverge.com/...
  • @ashleyrcarman Ashley Carman on x
    it's my turn to write a clubhouse feature, and i focused on the creators. the people who had to cut back their app time from 12 to 14 hours per day to just four to six. the people who blew out their vocal cords and who get into character to host rooms https://www.theverge.com/...