Marc Andreessen has called the app "the Athenian agora come to life," referring to the hub of democracy in ancient Greece. More than any other startup, Clubhouse epitomizes the venture-capital-backed euphoria that swept the tech industry since lockdowns shut millions of people inside and pushed them online for connection, entertainment, and information. Her Friday-night room has dwindled to about 30 people.
Today, "I question why I'm even still on Clubhouse," Rodriguez said. She wrote a play, "Once Upon a Clubhouse," and hired actors to perform it on the app.
In the ensuing months, Rodriguez jousted in a chat room with the celebrity Ashton Kutcher, gained more than 13,000 followers, and started a party room on Fridays that frequently swelled to over 1,000 people. From a report: In May 2020, when the pandemic raged, the comedian and TV writer Marlena Rodriguez got an invite to a new app called Clubhouse that offered the homebound online masses a way to spend some of their suddenly abundant time.
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