Audio ‘drop in’ social networks report

Clubhouse is the most buzzy, but there are a lot of them

Audio social networks are hot right now. There are a ton of them coming out. Here is a quick list.

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There are a ton of apps in various forms of being done. They break down into:

1. Live in the App Store
2. Testflight
3. In Development

But before we get to the list, let’s talk about audio social networks. There are some issues.

Issues with Audio Social Networks

Issue 1. Audio is hard to search.

Text is easy to search. Audio is hard. It needs to be transcribed and then stored. If someone said something interesting about hamburgers in an audio chat, there is no current easy way for me to find that.

Issue 2. Audio conversations are ephemeral

Once it happens it is gone. That can be a benefit, and a drawback. But if you want to reference a moment, you can’t accurately quote it. It is just gone.

This will enable some types of conversations, but will be an issue for others.

Issue 3. Content moderation