April 7, 2021 By Liza Monroy
TALK TO THE HAND: The Clubhouse app s waving-hand logo seems apt the social media newcomer has already drawn the attention of 10 million users.
To understand the unexpected social media phenomenon that the drop-in, audio-only app Clubhouse has become, all you have to do is look at its growth up from 10,000 users to 10 million in five months time. This despite the fact that it s still in beta, and can only be joined by invitation, on iPhone.
Recalling the early-aughts days of Gmail, at least some of Clubhouse s allure stems from this perceived exclusivity. No invitation? Join a waitlist, just like at an exclusive restaurant or nightclub. The purpose is to allow smaller groups of users to test it out and iron out kinks, sure, but it s also a classic psychological paradigm: If not everyone can have it, more will desire it.
How to Get Someone to Apologize
Advice from therapists, religious leaders and people who suffered terrible wrongs on ways to find repentance and resolution.
Credit.Hannah Buckman
Jan. 7, 2021
Despite President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s plea to let our “better angels prevail” and the comedian Dave Chappelle’s “Saturday Night Live” monologue where he told Americans, “We have to forgive each other,” reconciliation and forgiveness can be a long, difficult process. I learned that the hard way when the person who hurt me most wouldn’t apologize or express any remorse.
I’d always thought I was the type who could forgive anyone anything. But when the mentor I’d trusted for 15 years lied to me and refused to explain or atone, I was inconsolable.