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15 Apr, 4 tweets, 1 min read
"Social audio app Clubhouse will let all six remaining users pay other creators starting Monday."
If Clubhouse's transition from unpaid conference call to 900 number goes smoothly, I look forward to their pivot to making unsolicited calls to potential users around dinnertime, cementing their hold on the 90's nostalgia market.
Clubhouse totally needs a modem channel, where people can type text messages at each other at 300 baud. Somebody please do this.
Clubhouse should also add a paid feature where people can leave each other short audio private messages delivered asynchronously. Clubhouse why won't you answer

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