Clubhouse is an audio-based social platform that launched in April 2020 and rose to popularity amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike other platforms such as Discord, Clubhouse is entirely audio-based, and is not organized by specific communities. Following Clubhouse's surge in popularity, there has been a rise in the development of other audio-based platforms, as well as the inclusion of audio-calling features to existing platforms. In this paper, we present a framework (MIC) for analyzing audio-based social platforms that accounts for unique platform affordances, the challenges they provide to both users and moderators, and how these affordances relate to one another using MIC diagrams. Next, we demonstrate how to apply the framework to preexisting audio-based platforms and Clubhouse, highlighting key similarities and differences in affordances across these platforms. Using MIC as a lens to examine observational data from Clubhouse members we uncover user perceptions and challenges in moderating audio on the platform.

翻译：俱乐部是一个基于音频的社会平台,于2020年4月启动,在全球COVID-19大流行期间日益受到欢迎。与Discord等其他平台不同,俱乐部完全以音频为基础,不是由特定社区组织。在俱乐部的流行程度激增之后,其他基于音频的平台的开发也有所上升,并将听音功能纳入现有平台。在本文中,我们提出了一个框架(MIC),用于分析基于音频的社会平台,用于计算独特的平台负担能力、它们为用户和主持人提供的挑战,以及这些平台使用MIC图表与彼此的关系。接下来,我们演示如何将该框架应用于先前存在的基于音频的平台和俱乐部,突出这些平台之间在支付能力方面存在的关键相似之处和差异。我们用MIC作为透镜,检查俱乐部成员提供的观测数据,我们从平台调制音中发现用户的看法和挑战。