Live-audio app Clubhouse removes invite system from its platform

Clubhouse said on Wednesday that it has removed its invite system allowing anyone to join the platform.

The live audio app said in a blog post that it had always planned to open up the app but that invites had been a way of tempering user numbers.

People, previously, had to be invited by an existing user or request to join a waitlist.

Clubhouse which experienced high growth in the COVID-19 pandemic has been facing new competition. Rivals such as Facebook, Twitter and Spotify have also launched similar audio chat services.

"We know there will be many more ups and downs as we scale, and competition from the large networks will be fierce," the company wrote in its post.

The company said that 10 million new users have joined the platform since May when it got launched on Android.

Estimates from analytics firm Sensor Tower found the app had reached about 7.8 million global installs in June, up from 3.7 million the previous month, reported Reuters.

The company has launched a direct messaging feature last week and said that it has expanded its team from 8 to 58 people since January.

(With inputs from Reuters)

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