[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #676: Behind Clubhouse's velvet rope

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OPLIN 4Cast #676: Behind Clubhouse's velvet rope
July 8th, 2020

[image: View down the stairs of a fancy building, ending in a velvet rope] A
CEO of a luggage company steps down
<https://www.cnet.com/news/away-co-ceo-steps-down-as-silicon-valley-elite-conversation-gets-leaked/>.
An inside joke goes viral and raises over $200,000 for three charities
<https://fortune.com/2020/06/30/it-is-what-it-is-meme-explained-fundraiser-tech-industry/>.
Two completely, unrelated stories that connect back to Clubhouse, a
voice-based chat room and the latest *app du jour*. Venture capitalists are
stumbling over themselves to invest in it. Members have been bragging on
Twitter about the dozens of hours they've spent there. What's it all about,
and will the drama and backlash overwhelm the buzz?

   -
   - The Hot New Thing in Clubby Silicon Valley? An App Called Clubhouse
   <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/19/technology/clubby-silicon-valley-app-clubhouse.html>
   [*New York Times*] "Clubhouse works by letting people join pop-up audio
   chat rooms that disappear when they end. Once in the rooms, users are
   segmented into tiers determined by moderators. Users can join any chat
   room, see who is speaking or listening, click into a profile page and
   follow others.
   - Clubhouse Voice Chats Explained & How the Invite System Works
   <https://screenrant.com/clubhouse-voice-chats-invites-explained/> [
   *ScreenRant*] "For now, it's only downloadable to people who have been
   personally invited. That means its circle is almost entirely comprised of
   venture capitalists and silicon valley inhabitants. Due to their clout, a
   few celebrities have also been invited to the party."
   - What 👁👄👁.fm means for Silicon Valley
   <https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/30/what-eye-mouth-eye-fm-means-for-silicon-valley/>
   [*TechCrunch*] "Gen Z is fed up with exclusive clubs and virtual velvet
   ropes. For tech insiders, Clubhouse is the place to be. For Gen Z
   outsiders, it’s the latest example of Black celebrity being used to make
   predominantly white founders and investors rich."
   - Silicon Valley Elite Discuss Journalists Having Too Much Power in
   Private App
   <https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7w3zw/silicon-valley-elite-discuss-journalists-having-too-much-power-in-private-app>
   [*Motherboard*] "The exclusive users of Clubhouse on the call seemed to
   conceive of themselves as humble citizens preyed upon by corrupted elites
   cravenly lusting after money and power."

*From the Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - Griffith, Erin, and Taylor Lorenz. “The $100 Million, 2-Employee App
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=143336609&site=ehost-live>
   .” *New York Times*, vol. 169, no. 58699, 20 May 2020, p. B1.
   - “Brs Media Dotfm Launches Emoji Domain Names
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=128230425&site=ehost-live>
   .” *Online Product News*, vol. 37, no. 3, Mar. 2018, p. 1
   - Morris, David Z. “‘It Is What It Is’ Vibes on the Best and Worst of
   the Tech Hype Cycle
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=144338193&site=ehost-live>
   .” *Fortune.Com*, July 2020, p. N.PAG.

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