Is it all over for Clubhouse?

Have you any Clubhouse invites going? I have five, if anyone wants one. Or is it six? I have to admit I’m not sure — like many people I know, I haven’t looked at the app for some weeks now. Clubhouse seems painfully aware of the fact that decreasing numbers of people do. The wild party that is — was — Clubhouse is winding down. The iOS app, that opened up a members-only world of virtual real-time audio chatrooms is now struggling against falling audiences, increased fuss over mediocre, unmoderated, unpleasant content and the fact that companies such as Twitter and Facebook have neatly purloined the audio concept at its heart and refashioned it for themselves. For a company fueled on the adrenaline of venture capitalists who have injected over $14 million in funding since March last year, the falling numbers portend doom. Twitter Spaces, which launched a few weeks ago, could crush Clubhouse, unless the latter can quickly apply the brakes on its decline. With around 350 million users, Spaces is luring away substantial numbers of Clubhouse’s 10-15 million members — and with them that all-important content generation. Without quality members creating quality content, Clubhouse will be toast, or…
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