How to Try Out the Reddit Clubhouse ‘Talks’ Feature Early
Clubhouse must be pointing something out because all other social media platforms are launching their own versions of their live voice chats with audio only. Twitter, Discord, Facebook, LinkedIn, Spotify, and Telegram have similar features in development, but the latest company to join this trend is Reddit with the recently announced Reddit Talks.
Reddit Talks will allow subreddits to host live audio discussions open to everyone in the community. In early testing, only subreddit moderators can conduct conversations, but anyone on Android or iOS can listen to them. Hosts can assign speaking rights to other listeners while speaking, and “trusted community members” can conduct their own Negotiations in the future.
In the official announcement thread, Reddit says the Talk feature is for “any communities that want to use it,” and mentions “Q&A, AMA, lectures, sports radio-style discussions, community feedback sessions, or just a place to go. chat. , ”As a guideline for using Talks.
We have yet to see how the discussion can get started, but we can get a sense of how the interface works from in-app screenshots posted by Reddit.
Like most other Clubhouse-like chats, Reddit Talks lists all users in a room by role – presenters and moderators are listed at the top of the window, followed by all participating users. Hosts can click on a user to invite them to speak, and there are options to mute, delete, and block users.
The Talks interface is customizable, including unique avatars, reaction emoji, and a choice of background colors. Listeners can touch the hand icon to “raise their hand” and ask for permission to speak, and if you are invited to speak, a pop-up notification appears with the option to accept or decline.
Conversations will undoubtedly change Reddit, but the feature will be enabled when it launches, so communities that don’t want to allow conversations can ignore them. Subreddit moderators who want to test Talks earlier can join the waiting list here . Reddit will be collecting feedback from the participating communities after initial testing, so we expect to see feature changes by the time they are widely released.