JF

I accepted an invitation to Clubhouse under the premise that I agreed not to write or talk publicly about what I heard on it. Now that everyone is tweeting and recording and writing stories on what happens on it, it seems that rule has effectively been annulled by noncompliance

What I'll say without discussing specifics was that it was at first a very polite, friendly medium where people seemed to avoid contentious topics and exchanges and has lately deviated sharply from that earlier tone

Talk now turns to chilling effect of possibility of exposure. The reflexive trust, openness, and intimacy that prevailed on the medium has vanished in about two days of Twitter beefing.

"This seems existential for Clubhouse" notes one interlocutor, "are these conversations on the record or private?"