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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:
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, but we are early days here.
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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.
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.
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.
@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.
