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Paul Davison

@pdavison

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Cofounder at @clubhouse . Previously @coinlist , @pinterest , @highlight , @benchmark , @google , Metaweb

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Joined February 2007
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Paul Davison
1 year
We made something new at @clubhouse that our friends have been using a lot. Thanks to all of you who have been helping us test it! We’re letting more people in today, so wanted to share the blog post, as well as a quick “top 10” faq for new users… 🧵
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2 years
Big news :) @clubhouse is splitting up… into many clubhouses. It’s a huge evolution of the app that @rohanseth , the team and I have been working on for months. Beta is here! Why the change?….
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4 years
We are looking to hire our first few engineers and designers at @joinClubhouse . Please share this if you know someone amazing? Thank you! 🙏
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1 year
Today @rohanseth and I made the difficult decision to significantly reduce the size of our team and say goodbye to a lot of amazing teammates. This isn’t about the macro environment. This wasn’t a financial decision. We have plenty of runway…
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3 years
🎉 Android!
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@Clubhouse Dear Clubhouse, Hi 👋 Love, Android
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3 years
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The best social experiences are not open to everyone. They are small and curated. This is what creates intimacy, trust and friendship.
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4 years
This was pretty amazing
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nina gregory
4 years
who knew what I needed tonight was to hear @hannibalburess do a solo reading of the screenplay to face/off “until I can’t” on clubhouse
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This is about resetting to be a smaller team, focused relentlessly on product. We have a clear vision for where we are headed and significant plans to evolve @clubhouse . But we need to be a small startup again to focus and move faster.
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4 years
Excited for our Brazilian Town Hall today! 🇧🇷
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Paul Davison
3 years
Yes! Been waiting for this for a while. Have been a huge fan of @andrewchen ’s writing for the past decade and am so grateful to work with him on @Clubhouse . Book (and audiobook) are out today:
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3 years
This room is amazing right now
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2 years
Finally, if you’re interested in the mission, come build with us! My teammates are brilliant & humble and it’s amazing to us that we get to work on this thing. Ok, Twitter UI is suggesting I make this a newsletter, so that's it for now... Thx for reading!
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Paul Davison
2 years
Fugging great chat with @HarryStebbings . All things @clubhouse , the future of friendship, and where we're going next. Thanks for having me! :)
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1 year
This is the note we shared with our team — all brilliant, creative people who any company would be lucky to hire. As a founder you dream of working with people like this. We hope to make them proud by sharing the next evolution of Clubhouse with you soon.
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Paul Davison
4 years
This room is so cool
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Andy Kleinman
4 years
Malcolm McDowel telling stories about Stanley Kubrick and Peter Sellers in a room with 100 people is why Clubhouse is so special.
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2 years
To evolve @clubhouse we’re breaking it up. The new graph structure will allow any person, group, or community to create its own House — with its own personality, culture and content moderation rules — where members can meet up regularly, talk, and hop from room to room.
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3 years
It’s like Clubhouse, but my face moves.
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4 years
This is fantastic
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Paul Davison
3 years
So grateful to have Brian as a friend and so impressed by what he is doing to end ALS. Please consider helping if you can.
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Brian Wallach
3 years
BREAKING ALS NEWS: In honor of #LouGehrigDay a group of incredible donors has agreed to match every dollar donated to @iamalsorg up to $250,000. To donate and rewrite the ALS story, click here: Thank you for giving us the chance to end ALS. #IAMALS
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3 years
😮 @Oprah just joined this room and is talking now
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2 years
Communities need to be able to undergo mitosis as they grow — so they can split into new ones and the intimacy can scale. That’s how /r/music spawns /r/hiphopheads. It’s why classrooms max out at a certain size, and why people form smaller circles when a house party grows.
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4 years
@mopewa_o @Austen @joinClubhouse 🎉 Woohoo!! So excited to have you be part of the team, Mopewa! :)
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Paul Davison
2 years
After a lot of swings, the two of us launched @clubhouse in 2020. We built it in a few weeks, and it was scrappy. Our icon was a photo of Bill Murray and the whole app was a single room, where our community of friends-of-friends would talk, share ideas, and meet each other.
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2 years
If you run a public show on @clubhouse , keep doing it! More people joining Houses = more people jumping into your rooms… and a lot of interesting new ways to connect intimately with your listeners.
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Paul Davison
5 years
This is a really nice idea—donating tablets to hospitals to help ensure that critically ill patients can see their loved ones. Learn more here if you'd like to help:
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Paul Davison
2 years
What is one of the most memorable social experiences you’ve had in the past decade? Who was it with?
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2 years
The beta that’s shipping soon feels good. We know there will be a lot to tune, but we have years of capital in the bank and we’re long-term committed to the product. The world is going increasingly remote, and getting together with people you like needs to be easier.
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3 years
In a ⁦ @Clubhouse ⁩ room with ⁦ @GhostPanther ⁩. He is doing live commentary while we watch ⁦⁦ @dontlookupfilm ⁩. 🤯
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It might have been a trip with friends and family. A wedding. A dinner party. A house party. A curated get-together. A festival or camp. Or maybe just a random evening that started small and turned into something big — where you showed up with a few friends and left with more.
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2 years
But we’ve learned it’s more than one community. It’s too big. Not everyone wants to talk about the same things! People have different styles and ways of coming together. And the right rooms are hard to find. A single community just doesn’t work beyond a certain size.
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2 years
Noise causes churn. Somehow, millions made it through the madness, found their people, and form the core of our community today: Big thinkers, amazing writers, amateur pizza makers, scientists, musicians. They are incredible. The best community in the world.
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Paul Davison
4 years
@balajis @rohanseth People can sign up at ! Working hard to open it up to everyone as soon as possible...
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2 years
In 2006, I spent time researching friend-matching in school. In 2011, I built @highlight with @benagarr to help you meet friends-of-friends around you. This is me talking with @om about it back in the day:
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Paul Davison
2 years
These friendships are what defines our lives. But real moments of togetherness don’t happen very often – because we’re all busy, serendipity is hard to engineer, and meeting up takes time. It’s a problem @rohanseth and I have been trying to tackle for years.
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2 years
House member lists will be public, because it’s more fun that way. Many rooms on @clubhouse will still be public too, and everyone will be able to explore the public hallways, discovering new people and cultures from around the world. Only the House rooms will be private.
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Paul Davison
2 years
If you joined the beta using the link above and need help setting up your House, @rohanseth and I host weekly Town Halls and New User Orientation sessions, along with our amazing teammates. We love talking with the community, so please come by and get free tech support!
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Paul Davison
3 years
This was such a great room! Our Sunday morning hangout turned into an impromptu show, where some incredible musicians started collaborating from around the world in real-time. So much talent! Was one of the coolest @clubhouse rooms I've ever been a part of.
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Justin Uberti
3 years
One @Clubhouse use case that kind of surprised me is co-jamming rooms; while we try to minimize audio delay, music is very latency-sensitive. But when one person plays a harmony and others play melodies, there's more wiggle room. Listen at this link:
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Paul Davison
2 years
The small size and density of connections led to a great experience and crazy word-of-mouth growth. We tried to limit signups by requiring an existing member to invite you, but that perversely made people want to join more and flooded the hallway with less relevant rooms. Whoops.
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@HarryStebbings
Harry Stebbings
4 years
I got a little bit carried away with the angel investing over the last few years. So it’s time to announce @20vcFund backed by 83 friends from around the world. 🏦 $8.3M 📈 Pre-seed to Series C 💵 $250K investments. To some exciting times ahead.
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Love this, and love seeing the well-deserved outpouring of support for Garry. Fantastic choice. :)
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Garry Tan
2 years
Next year, I'll be going back to Y Combinator as President and CEO. It's a one in ten billion lifetimes kind of opportunity— YC gave me my start, and I'm deeply grateful to the community.
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Q1 community feedback cycle! What can the @Clubhouse team start, stop and continue doing in 2022? Constructive, funny, and snarky submissions are all welcome. :)
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Paul Davison
3 years
Live now with @alexisohanian , @haikusubway and @andrewchen — talking product and early stage company building!
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Paul Davison
2 years
This was fun :) Message me if you want to set up a House!
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Nathan Baschez
2 years
Had a lot of fun on @Clubhouse last night for the first time in a long time! Will be very interesting to see how this unfolds...
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Paul Davison
3 years
In a room with @JoshConstine now, talking with the @ConstitutionDAO team
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Josh Constine 📶🔥
3 years
We...didn't buy the constitution. Join our live chat with the @ConstitutionDAO crew now to discuss what happened
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Paul Davison
5 years
Coming soon from @benrbn and team! Can't wait to see this.
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Ben Rubin
5 years
I’m excited to share a new company I’m building with @brianmeek5 called @slashtalk . /talk is an anti-meeting tool that decentralizes conversations so teams can move faster in an exciting new way. Check it out and apply to pilot here also we're hiring :)
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3 years
Happening now!
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@jasonfried @joinClubhouse @rohanseth Oh man, thank you so much Jason!
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@rrhoover @rohanseth Means a lot to us coming from you Ryan! 🙏
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Paul Davison
3 years
Talking product with @nikitabier in 10 mins!
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Nikita Bier
3 years
I’ll be on Clubhouse at 9am tomorrow with the man, the myth, the legend @pdavison to talk about product development & topics in this thread.
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Paul Davison
2 years
@rohanseth loves social products too, and he spent years working on the same problem. This is an app called Phone-a-Friend that he launched with @rohandang in 2016, to help friend groups talk with each other more often:
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Paul Davison
5 years
Book clubs on Slack, where each book has its own channel. This makes a lot of sense! SQBC is opening up to more users today... sign up here! 👇🏽
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DK (b/acc)
5 years
1/ We're proud to do a small part to encourage people to stay inside and self-quarantine. Self-Quarantine Book Club is a community on Slack where book lovers around the world come together to discuss what they’re reading. As of today we're opening it up for more people to join.
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Paul Davison
3 years
In a room with @nealstephenson and he is reading a chapter from his new book. Love this club.
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Paul Davison
3 years
Great room with @DollyParton right now :)
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TED Talks
3 years
Get ready! @DollyParton is joining @AdamMGrant on Thursday 3/3 at 2:15PM ET on @Clubhouse to discuss her creative process, new album and new book! Don’t miss this live podcast taping of WorkLife with Adam Grant. RSVP here:
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Paul Davison
1 year
1. Ok, tried the new @clubhouse . Found a bug. You and me both! Mind reporting it? There are all sorts of things we need to add and fine-tune. It’ll take some time. But we’re long-term committed to building something great for you and your friends. Watch it get better each week✌️
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2. Why do all the AI Chat previews in the new @clubhouse have the word “thrilling” in them? We thought it was funnier when they sounded like movie trailers.
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Paul Davison
4 years
@tobi Thank you so much for being part of it! Really enjoyed the conversation! :) cc @rohanseth
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3. Isn’t @clubhouse dead? Not yet! At @clubhouse we root for our friends to succeed and we’d bet on our team any day. We have years of runway in the bank and millions of active users. We are going to stay heads down building.
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Paul Davison
5 years
About to go live with @semil on Talkshow -- "Thoughts on Talkshow, the future of audio, and startups/people to watch" Listen in and text your questions!
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Paul Davison
4 years
@ryandawidjan 🙋‍♂️ :)
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@antoniogm @joshu That is incredible that you bought a used iPhone for this. I feel so much pressure to make it worth your while! haha.
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@rrhoover Oh man - thank you! That means a ton to us coming from you. :)
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@juberti @Google @Clubhouse @rohanseth 🎉 Welcome, Justin! So excited to have you be part of the team!
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Musicians in Japan, Boston and France jamming live together via @Clubhouse
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@jwegener I don’t, but if this is what I think it is, it’s *really* cool.
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Paul Davison
4 years
@_shahedk Sometimes people do this so their followers get notified that there is a good conversation happening. (Kind of like a RT - h/t @rohanseth for pointing this out.) Also, sometimes they get invited up and accept out of politeness but don't have anything immediate to say.
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Paul Davison
2 years
Starting in 3 mins!
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Sriram Krishnan - sriramk.eth
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⏰👋: Tonight @aarthir and I are expanding The Good Time Show to live video on Youtube (along with Clubhouse). We will be hosting @pmarca and @stevesi as our first guests tonight LIVE at 10pm PT. SUBSCRIBE HERE --> <--- More below 👇
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Paul Davison
4 years
@AdityaRohilla94 @briannekimmel @levie @Suhail @akothari @scooterbraun I haven't tried Messenger Rooms but I bet it's good. And not trying to be exclusive at all with Clubhouse! We are building it for everyone and are hoping to open it up ASAP. We are just letting people in slowly to make sure that it scales as we do.
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1 year
5. Does @clubhouse still have live rooms? Yes! Live is great. Hanging with friends late into the night. Laughing. Low-TAM jokes! Not going away. Adding async just makes it much easier to see stuff from friends when you open the app, instead of whatever rooms happen to be live.
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@msg haha - thank you! I definitely love working on it. :)
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@subes01 @rohanseth Thank you so much Sunil! Hope to catch you on the app sometime soon and talk more about all of this. In the meantime, just glad to have you be part of it!
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10. So the new @clubhouse is voice notes? Yes! But you can see when friends are sending them & join in. So it’s more like a voice note party where friends can stop by — and bring their friends. Is “social messaging” a thing? I’m not sure. But we call the new format a “Chat.”
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@Austen :) @balajis was talking about Lamba. All great things of course!
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@hnshah @rohanseth Thank you Hiten -- So grateful for your support!
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@soleio @VossNegotiation Haha - @rohanseth and @pdavison ! And thank you @falonfatemi for bringing such a great guest!
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@juliehpark Thank you so much Julie! :)
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8. Who can join a Chat? You can be more private, but the default is "friends-of-friends." This creates a nice house party vibe, where everyone has shared social context and feels accountable. No dunking or doom scrolling. It’s for people who value friends over followers.
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6. How are people using it? Top use cases: - Drop in and say hi - Share news, links, music - Tell funny stories from your day - Meet your friends’ friends - Talk about mutuals - Ask questions - Quickly voice-note friends, family & groups - Weird things
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Listening in live to @semil and ⁦ @Beezer232 ⁩ on Talkshow -- "LP perspective on current environment for those raising new funds, and more! "
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Paul Davison
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@leepnet haha - Be careful what you wish for! 😅
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4. What about @clubhouse creators? We’re moving to a “friend” model, but if you’ve built a following here, you will not lose it. You’ll be able to migrate them to a house and we will work alongside you to ensure it’s a smooth transition. Chats will be a new tool for you too.
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7. Why would you want friends to be able to “drop in” on your voice notes? It’s fun? Think of when friends drop by your dorm room, or you see an old friend at a party. With more of us living/working remotely, we need places where we can bump into friends unexpectedly.
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@fnthawar @zachcoelius +1... Working hard to make it available to everyone as soon as possible!
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@blader Thank you @blader ! Made my night to read this, and so grateful to have you be part of the beta!
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Paul Davison
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9. What does a Chat look like? Like your group texts and Stories... had a baby? You can see friends' faces, speed them up, read transcriptions, swipe and tap through. People say more. You hear each other laugh. You get to know each other. They’re designed to be fast and fun.
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@ItzSuds @DougAtLast 😅 Working on this as we speak
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@AmandaMGoetz Hey - Thank you for calling this out! It’s not 85/15 but it’s not nearly as diverse as we want it to be, and I’m working hard with the community to fix this. ( @janamal @jess and @KatieS have been amazing here.) Would love for you to join and help us!
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@PhilipLakin @rohanseth Best friend. This is amazing! Thank you! Also, the first one (moderators should be able to mute others) is actually possible in the latest release. :)
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Paul Davison
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Wow, Lyn Ulbricht, mother of ⁦ @RealRossU ,⁩ is talking about him in this Mother’s Day room…
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