- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared on a Clubhouse talk show on Thursday night.
- Zuckerberg appeared on The Good Times Show, a talk show about the new social networking app.
- The show attracted tech magnates, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev.
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The man responsible for the largest social network in the world has just joined the new busiest social network in the world.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg created a username – “Zuck23” – and signed up for the new voice chat. Clubhouse, social app for guests only on Thursday night, for an interview.
Like Tesla CEO Elon Musk before him, Zuckerberg jumped into the Clubhouse to participate in “The Good Time Show”, a talk show based on the Clubhouse.
Zuckerberg was on the program to discuss the futuristic technology of Facebook’s Reality Labs group, which specializes in augmented reality, virtual reality and other platforms believed to be the future of human-computer interaction.
To that end, Zuckerberg discussed the promise of AR / VR applicable to remote work. In the next 5 to 10 years, according to Zuckerberg, half of the Facebook team could work remotely on a permanent basis – regardless of global pandemics.
“We should teleport, not transport,” said Zuckerberg, according to a transcript by venture capitalist John Constine.
Perhaps more notable than what Zuckerberg said at the Clubhouse was his presence in the new social networking app – Facebook is famous for replicating important features of its rivals through Facebook and its subsidiaries. Instagram Stories, for example, is largely a recreation of a similar function on Snapchat.
In addition to the positive buzz, the Clubhouse has been repeatedly criticized for its moderation problems that overwhelmingly impact blacks and people of color, reported Grit Daily. “At the Clubhouse,” said the report, “there are no screenshots. There is no way to drag old Clubhouse messages years later as a user would on Twitter. There is no way to record conversations – which means there is no way to prove that someone said controversial. There is no way to accountability. “
The Clubhouse’s main feature is voice-based communication: users basically join group voice chat rooms, which other social networks do not offer. Currently, the app is invite-only, but is expected to be open to everyone in the near future.
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