After downloading the app, you get the option to fill your profile with the data from your Twitter account. Special! Because 9 out of 10 times an app asks if you want to log in via Facebook. But once logged in, this choice becomes more logical.
From the app, they also refer to their own Twitter account . 'For when you prefer reading to listening', they write themselves. But as far as I'm concerned, following the Twitter account is mainly useful to stay informed of interesting conversations. With 135,700 followers, I'm probably not the only one who thinks so.
Invites only
After filling in my full name and creating a username, I received a message that I was on the waiting list. 'You will receive an SMS as soon as you have been granted access to the app.' Fortunately, there is a way to gain access faster, namely: via a personal invitation from someone you know who already has access.
My colleague Annika, who had already managed to get access, sent me an invite . After she invited m phone number list via my phone number, I could use the app right away.
Screenshot of the invite.
Screenshot of the invite.
Screenshot of the invite.
This way of 'getting access' to the app reminds me of the dating app Inner Circle . For that you also have to be invited by someone you know, which quickly makes it feel like an 'exclusive membership'. (This used to be the case with Gmail, I'm told.)
Clubhouse itself writes about this: Hey! We're working hard to add people to Clubhouse as fast as we can, but right now you need an invite to sign up. Anyone can get one by joining the waitlist, or by asking an existing user for one.
Once you have access to the app, you can also grant two people access. In this way, the app spreads among connections. Bizarre fact : these personal invites are apparently so scarce and sought after that they are currently being sold on eBay. You can see them online from €50 to €7500 euros!