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Meanwhile, the popularity of the game chat program Discord has skyrocketed. It uses IP telephony to translate speech into text (the idea was suggested by gamers who cannot type while playing). In June 2020, Discord launched a new slogan, “Your place to communicate,” which refers to the problems of the pandemic and shifted the focus from the gaming community to a wider audience. It seems that the marketing decision worked: by October, the number of Discord users reached 6.7 million. Back in February, before the pandemic began, there were only 1.4 million.
But Discord communities or “servers” can be more than just children. They also host far-right extremists, who used the service to organize the Charlottesville rally and the recent uprising at the U.S. Capitol.
In both Discord and Clubhouse, the in-group culture—whether it’s gamers or overconfident venture capitalists—creates a groupthink that can be off-putting and fanatical. And yet it’s also appealing. Isn’t it great to speak up and be heard? After all, that’s what all social media promises: the ability to express your opinions.
Speak and you will be heard.
The intimacy of voice makes audio-based social media much more norway number data appealing in an era of social distancing and isolation. Jimmy Tele, CEO of Chekmate, a dating app that uses voice and video, says he wanted to create a safe service. Such apps often trick users with fake profiles.
“We wanted to break away from the anonymity and gamification that text messaging creates and instead create a reality-based community where users are encouraged to be themselves without judgment,” says Tele.
Communication starts with voice messages, which last an average of 5 seconds, and over time, their length increases. And while Chekmate also offers users the option to share videos, Tele says that this format is less popular. At the same time, audio messages seem less intimidating.
That's why Gilles Poupard created Cappuccino. He asked himself why there wasn't already a product that could collect voice memos into a single downloadable file.
"Everyone has a group chat with their friends," says the Cappuccino founder. "But what if you could hear your friends? That would be really cool."
Moan agrees. She says her group of friends switched from Facebook Messenger to Cappuccino, and at the beginning of the pandemic tried to communicate on Zoom. But the conversations inevitably turned to discussing big events. “There was no time for details,” she laments. Daily “bobs” (as the app calls the merged posts) allow Moan’s friends to stay closer to each other. “My only friend is moving to a new apartment in a new city, and she was just telling me how she goes to the kitchen to get coffee,” Moan says. “That’s something I would never hear on Zoom because it’s such a small detail.”
But Discord communities or “servers” can be more than just children. They also host far-right extremists, who used the service to organize the Charlottesville rally and the recent uprising at the U.S. Capitol.
In both Discord and Clubhouse, the in-group culture—whether it’s gamers or overconfident venture capitalists—creates a groupthink that can be off-putting and fanatical. And yet it’s also appealing. Isn’t it great to speak up and be heard? After all, that’s what all social media promises: the ability to express your opinions.
Speak and you will be heard.
The intimacy of voice makes audio-based social media much more norway number data appealing in an era of social distancing and isolation. Jimmy Tele, CEO of Chekmate, a dating app that uses voice and video, says he wanted to create a safe service. Such apps often trick users with fake profiles.
“We wanted to break away from the anonymity and gamification that text messaging creates and instead create a reality-based community where users are encouraged to be themselves without judgment,” says Tele.
Communication starts with voice messages, which last an average of 5 seconds, and over time, their length increases. And while Chekmate also offers users the option to share videos, Tele says that this format is less popular. At the same time, audio messages seem less intimidating.
That's why Gilles Poupard created Cappuccino. He asked himself why there wasn't already a product that could collect voice memos into a single downloadable file.
"Everyone has a group chat with their friends," says the Cappuccino founder. "But what if you could hear your friends? That would be really cool."
Moan agrees. She says her group of friends switched from Facebook Messenger to Cappuccino, and at the beginning of the pandemic tried to communicate on Zoom. But the conversations inevitably turned to discussing big events. “There was no time for details,” she laments. Daily “bobs” (as the app calls the merged posts) allow Moan’s friends to stay closer to each other. “My only friend is moving to a new apartment in a new city, and she was just telling me how she goes to the kitchen to get coffee,” Moan says. “That’s something I would never hear on Zoom because it’s such a small detail.”