Starting your account
Once you've gotten off the waitlist, gotten an invite, or bought one on eBay, you can start looking for interesting conversations. To help you get started, you can indicate your interests through the app. You'll then be presented with follow suggestions based on your ticked interests. I clicked 'Skip' and was presented with the suggestions below.
Screenshot of Clubhouse.
Screenshot of Clubhouse.
Screenshot of Clubhouse.
After clicking 'Follow' my home screen appeared (screenshot on the right).
You can use the magnifying glass (top right) to search for new conversations.
In addition, my two invites are highlighted.
The icon next to it is a calendar , where you can keep track of when interesting conversations are. This is an important part, since the conversations are live and you can't listen to them again.
The bell is of course for notifications/activities. An example of such a notification is a scheduled call from someone you follow, which you can then add directly to your calendar.
On the far right you will find your own profile . A tip when setting up your profile: make sure the first sentence of your bio shares the most important information about you. The first sentence is also your tagline in the search results.
What's there to listen to?
From Q&As between a few people about influencer marketing and podcast-like in-depth interviews with experts to users streaming music all day like a radio station… Where to start?
In addition to the directly shared listening suggestions from the app itself, you can also 'explore' within the app. For example, I clicked on 'Find conversations about… Tech', which gave me an overview of interesting people and topics to follow.
Screenshot of Clubhouse.
Screenshot of Clubhouse.
You can:
Enter a ' room ' about a specific topic. Some rooms are open to everyone phone number list (open), others are only available to people you follow (social) and then there are rooms by invitation (closed).
Join ' clubs '. See the rightmost screenshot. These are groups of people with the same interests. When a club opens a room, you will automatically receive a notification (if you are a member of the club). This way you stay informed of the live conversations within your area of interest.
Rest assured: once you enter a room, your microphone is not immediately on. So you can easily enter and exit different rooms without disrupting the rest. Once you are in a room and listening in, you can leave the room via the ' Leave quietly' button without others being notified. That's nice!
If you want to actively participate in the conversation, you have to be a moderator or speaker and of course your microphone has to be on. Do you want to join the conversation? Then you can raise your hand (see right screenshot). The moderator can then add you as a speaker.