Discussion

• @caseynewton Casey Newton on x

  We're gonna kick things off with one hell of a ribbon-cutting. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will join me at 10AM PT for a live conversation. And it's gonna be newsy.

• @voxdotcom @voxdotcom on x

  Facebook plans to go after Clubhouse — and podcasts — with a suite of new audio products it's announcing on Monday. https://www.vox.com/...

• @pkafka Peter Kafka on x

  Facebook's audio roadmap: *video-conferencing without video *Clubhouse clone *short audio snippets you record and drop into your newsfeed *podcast discovery, in conjunction with Spotify Announcements coming tomorrow but not all goes live right away. https://twitter.com/...

• @mollyjongfast Molly Jong-Fast on x

  After killing local news, zuck looks to kill podcasts https://www.vox.com/...

• @steven_lerner Steven Lerner on x

  If anyone could compete against Clubhouse and the entire podcast industry, it's Facebook. https://twitter.com/...

• @alexberenson Alex Berenson on x

  Wait until he hears about conference calls! How can Ma Bell have allowed those all these years without telling people what they were allowed to say? https://twitter.com/...

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  Let's test. What will you choose at this prompt?************************ Allow Facebook to track your activity across other companies' apps and websites?

• @can Can Duruk on x

  Curious how this plays out with Marc Andreassen being on Facebook's board and his firm also leading Clubhouse's (supposedly) gigantic C round. https://twitter.com/...

• @iankar_ Ian Kar on x

  ...isn't “video conferencing without video” just a conference call https://twitter.com/...

• @alexeheath Alex Heath on x

  Spotify tie-up is very interesting (Zuckerberg and Ek are good friends) https://twitter.com/...

• @richlightshed Rich Greenfield on x

  Looks like Facebook will be helping Spotify accelerate their podcast push interesting in light of growing battle between Facebook and Apple as well as Spotify and Apple (on different issues obviously) h/t @pkafka @voxmedia https://twitter.com/...

• @pkafka Peter Kafka on x

  @alexeheath And also back to the future. See: Frictionless sharing, circa 2011

• @alexclearfield Alex Clearfield on x

  This is their final chance to not call it Hotline https://twitter.com/...

• @kantrowitz Alex Kantrowitz on x

  Can't wait for Zuck to clone Sidechannel. jk. Sorta. https://twitter.com/...

• @thatchristinag @thatchristinag on x

  If you want me to root on Clubhouse, just say that. https://twitter.com/...

• @chrismessina @chrismessina on x

  $FB is doing a roll-up release of all their competitors' features tomorrow: • Clubhouse / @AngleAudio / @fishbowlapp / Chalk, etc • Audio tweets • Spotify / Audible • @Yac This news will disrupt Clubhouse's Android launch. #SocialAudio #NewFacebook https://twitter.com/...

• @therichardclark Richard ‘Name Pun’ Clark on x

  The problem with the cynical moves Amazon and Facebook have made is that none of us will voluntarily opt in to their ecosystem again, especially when we have audio ecosystems that work for us. https://twitter.com/...

• @katieharbath Katie Harbath on x

  I'm having flashbacks to 2015 when everyone was trying to jump on the live video bandwagon after Meerkat broke out. https://twitter.com/...

• @richlightshed Rich Greenfield on x

  Is apple launching a subscription service or will they simply enable podcasters to offer their own subscriptions vs having to go to Pateron 🤔 Must of buzz has been the later https://twitter.com/...

• @brendannyhan Brendan Nyhan on x

  The audio content moderation debacle is about to go next level https://twitter.com/...

• @kantrowitz Alex Kantrowitz on x

  This feels more like Zuck went on Clubhouse once and decided to copy it vs. a clear strategic fit. https://twitter.com/...

• @wongmjane Jane Manchun Wong on x

  Bet it's gonna be US-only until CH and Twitter Spaces has dominated rest of the world https://twitter.com/...

• @scottnover Scott Nover on x

  In addition to going after Clubhouse in social audio, Facebook is teaming up with Spotify on podcasting integrations, per @pkafka https://twitter.com/...

• @omri_legacy Omri Velvart on x

  “A podcast discovery product that will be connected with Spotify, which has invested heavily in podcasting over the last couple years. It's unclear to me if Facebook intends to do more beyond flagging podcasts for its users and sending them to Spotify” https://www.vox.com/...

• @brookeschwarcz Lauren Wolde on x

  @jason_kint Sure, FB needs to be checked. But what your tweet fails to mention is the impact to small and medium sized businesses who depend on FB to drive business. Eg. CCPA has a revenue threshold. This has no guardrails to assess damages done to innocent third parties.

• @mattnavarra @mattnavarra on x

  Facebook to launch a bunch of new social audio products imminently https://www.vox.com/...

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  Casey, if you're interviewing Zuckerberg and not asking about his false and misleading testimony, please ask 2 things: 1 - real FB surveillance impact from Apple's expected 14.5 rollout Tue 2 - admit non-public phone #s were released due to their 530mm breach Thx, more below... h…

• @kantrowitz Alex Kantrowitz on x

  “Hi everyone, I'm here to learn about Clubhouse... and definitely not copy it into Facebook!” https://twitter.com/...

• @jason @jason on x

  So I guess $fb couldn't buy @joinClubhouse so now Zuck will go to his “clone and contain or kill” playbook Look at the timing... funding accounted, clones announced. Zuck really did take notes on the @BillGates vaporware/clone playbook https://twitter.com/...

• @kittypurrzog Katie Herzog on x

  Ah yes. Because reading my second cousin's rants about her goddamn mothereffing short-ass fat-fuck of a cheap cheap CHEAP ex husband isn't enough. Definitely need the audio version. https://twitter.com/...

• @casey_helmick Casey Helmick on x

  The next 2 years of the podcast industry won't be defined by independent creatives but by how fast the major techs come into the space. https://twitter.com/...

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  Pro tip: if you own an iOS device, next week is likely to bring you the most significant improvement in digital privacy in the history of the internet. And it will kneecap Facebook. 🍿