Moderator: Paul Davison (@paul)

Speaker: Rohan Seth (@rohan), Anu (@anu), Stephanie Saffa Simon (@stephsimon)

Events recap (Stephanie):

• The future of San Fransisco with a surprise appearance from District Attorney, Chesa Boudin.
• Spin off room - "the future of San Francisco means make San Francisco more white" giving an alternative perspective
• Felicia Horowitz hosted a talk with the mayors of SF, Miami & Austin and business leaders Marc Benioff and Jeff Lawson
• Culture of Currencies hosted by Meek Mill and Chris Lyons which covered specific grade crypto featuring Winklewoss, Chris Dixon, & Fred Ersham
• COVID rooms - clinical studies
  • Two doctors discussed two studies that reviewed the clinical study that indicate that certain gut bacteria might support COVID protection
  • A discussion with a microbiome researcher, epidemiologists and the principal investigator for the Pfizer COVID vaccine study
• Role of athletes voices for affecting change with Mark Cuban, Sue Burton, Candace Parker, Chris Kelly, Michelle Roberts and Terrell Owens

Updates (Paul):

• Performance work under the hood (screens loading faster, fewer error messages)
• Club setup is faster
• Added the ability to remove your alias (a one-time change)
• Made it easier to remove people from rooms
• If you applied for a club a few weeks ago and it still hasn't been created, usually this is because this is because of some issue with your submission

Future (Paul):

• Trying to build club creation into the app
• Hoping to push an update on Tuesday focused on improving discovery - improving:
  • algorithms for feed
  • follow suggestions
• Growth is important
• 2 things user facing:
  • Adding the ability to hide rooms from your feed
  • The ability to provide feedback