Why are people spending hours on Clubhouse? It’s not (usually) the money


Clubhouse, the audio streaming app, featured the musician and digital strategist Bomani X on its icon in December, just as its user base was exploding. — Dreamstime.com/TNS

Like most Clubhouse users, Rahaf Harfoush doesn’t make money on the app. But she does help others avoid losing it.

Harfoush, a digital anthropologist and author who lives in Paris, is part of an “anti-grift squad” that helps newcomers to the audio-only interactive streaming platform avoid falling prey to scams.

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