1/ Some initial observations that are really dope about Spaces:

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2/ Emoji reactions, that naturally dissipate after about 5-7 seconds:

The I added below starts by taking up the full avatar, then minimizes to the top right, then disappears. Missing a , but we are early days here.

3/ The product elegantly minimizes to the bottom of screen, encouraging multi-tasking and reading of tweets.

4/ Spaces, at least to start, can’t be named. They tie to the name of the person who is starting the Space.

What this does is discourage click-baity naming of rooms which is an interesting part of Clubhouse, but also a problematic component.

5/ One of the things that @MichaelaHirsh just acknowledged is that Spaces creates the opportunity to speak with followers of yours that you may be aware of and respect, but that just haven’t chatted with yet - a cool opportunity enabled by building on top of the Twitter graph...

6/ And while Twitter DMs are far from best-in-class messaging, they are *much* more tightly integrated into Spaces.

Only takes one click on an avatar and one click on Send Direct Message.

7/ Also really like the ability to share Tweets, which is just one form of content that provides additional context.

@kayvz hinted that perhaps other content (eg URLs, PDFs, etc) could be a possibility in the future, while acknowledging how important it is to have constraints.

8/ Subtle design thing, but a nice feature, is the clear icon to the left of the word “Speaker” that indicates who is talking at a given moment. Clubhouse has struggled early (imho) to visually indicate who is speaking at any given moment.