Why Clubhouse Is No Longer the Funhouse

TLDR: Being copied to death by the big competitors whilst both releasing the Android app and opening the invite system late, killed the hype.<p>I first asked about it&#x27;s ridiculous valuation months ago. [0] Then about it being copied to death by the competition after it&#x27;s 1 year head start, [1] and now the aftermath of the VCs still spamming the notifications to try to restart the hype train despite everyone leaving the app.<p>Quite unsurprising here, and just &#x27;as expected&#x27;.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=25883362" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=25883362</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27490149" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27490149</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27948804" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27948804</a>

Some perspective on Clubhouse being in the dog house after being off to a super hot start the company has been losing users each month and here is why.

Clubhouse was a fun novelty, but listening to meandering conversations with long pauses quickly lost its appeal compared to sped-up podcasts which offered similar conversations.

That Eternal September. When Quora started they got Jack Welsh to answer questions about GE. That’s star power.<p>Am I going to register to read answers from armchair quarterbacks, no way!

You can&#x27;t fight Facebook and Twitter on a feature that is adjacent to what they already offer. It&#x27;s a losing battle.

You can’t scale exclusivity

The vaccinations were their biggest enemy and the end of lockdowns. Rolling out Android late was an avoidable error giving their funding.