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Really no. This isn’t about privilege, secrecy etc.

I invited a few people a couple of months back, and was a daily user for a short time.

Now I can’t find anything worth paying attention to so I am not visiting. I’m not going to bother inviting other people to something I don’t find useful.

It’s the same for everyone else I know who has used it.

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That strikes me as the actual problem. It's just not a particularly compelling product. I'm amazed they got the buzz they did.

I find that with most social networks.... normal people ruin it. When twitter was all tech people it was great. Once the normies came in they ruined it. Same with clubhouse. When paulG and other tech luminaries were chatting overnight it was magic. Now it's garbage fake rich people.

Gonna state the obvious: it seems like you two came there for different reasons: being entertained (you) / meeting up with acquaintances (parent). Like YouTube versus WhatsApp?

I also met up with acquaintances - quite a few in fact.

I participated quite a bit, but all of my acquaintances have stopped showing up too, even one who is a professional influencer.

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