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AirChat, the buzzy new social app, could be great — or, it could succumb to the same fate as Clubhouse


Over the weekend, another social media platform exploded into the fray: AirChat. The app is like a combination of Twitter and Clubhouse. Instead of typing

Built by AngelList founder Naval Ravikant and former Tinder exec Brian Norgard, Airchat takes a refreshingly intimate approach to social media. But it’s telling that when AirChat introduced a channels feature, two of the first to spring up were “Crypto” and “e/acc,” which stands for effective acceleration, an aggressively pro-tech movement. But AirChat isn’t a normal social situation, since you’re in conversation with thousands of other people – without more robust content moderation, this approach is like hosting a big music festival, but with only one person working security.

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