What I Learned at Clubhouse

Re:What I Learned at Clubhouse by cmckn on Monday July 25, 2022 @04:50PM (#32230733)

> The question I ask is how to build an online space that is exclusive, without the draw to make it for the masses?

Google+ kind of accomplished this with Circles; a way to create invite-only communities within the larger platform. A few of the social media sites have bolted on something similar, but none have really designed around it like Google+ did.

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Re:What I Learned at Clubhouse by jimkleiber on Monday July 25, 2022 @05:31PM (#32231202)

Yeah, I wonder if how Google+ did it, still attaches the overall brand with the masses. Aka, Google+ wanted everyone to use Google+, just subsegment within it. Almost as if everyone lives in the same house but there are millions of rooms.

I'm curious about the brand that says, "Nope, we're an online platform just for 10,000 people" or "who make this much money" or "who are in these communities."

I wonder what examples already exist, if any, that tie the whole brand to a specific online exclusivity.

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Re:What I Learned at Clubhouse by solardev on Monday July 25, 2022 @09:36PM (#32233265)

Isn't that what subreddits are?

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Re:What I Learned at Clubhouse by jimkleiber on Monday July 25, 2022 @10:27PM (#32233565)

Maybe, I think they are still rooms in a much larger house (Reddit) vs being an exclusive house in itself. Also, I don't know much about subreddit membership, are some private and invite only?

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Re:What I Learned at Clubhouse by solardev on Monday July 25, 2022 @10:56PM (#32233738)

Yeah, I think so?

Otherwise I think you just end up with niche forums like this one or discord channels and whatnot.

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Re:What I Learned at Clubhouse by filmgirlcw on Monday July 25, 2022 @05:49PM (#32231381)

But Google+ failed, so I don't know if they did accomplish this, to be honest.

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