Clubhouse launched in 2020 as a social network dedicated to live audio chat, an idea that was later followed by competitors such as Twitter and Reddit. Now Clubhouse has announced a major change to its app, which will now let users interact in voice rooms with text chat. As announced by the social network on its official blog (via Engadget), Clubhouse wants everyone to be able to join live conversations, whether by voice or text. Named “In-Room Chat,” the new feature works similar to what apps like Zoom and Skype offer: a text chat area within a live room. Don’t want to miss your moment to share a killer joke? Want to put in a song request? Want to react with the 🔥 emoji? You can now drop it in the in-room chat. Voice room moderators will be able to delete chat messages, and creators can choose to disable text chat when starting a new room. Clubhouse says the audience will also have options to report comments and provide feedback to moderators to ensure that the text chat is a safe space. However, moderating comments in rooms with hundreds or thousands of people will certainly not be an easy task.…
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