alt Hacker NewsBerghain puts stickers on your phone cameras, it’s pretty non intrusive while substantially improving the party experience. I didn’t see a single phone in the air on the dancefloor. It was quite refreshing, felt like partying in the 2000s.
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jbaiter • today at 2:19 PM
It's pretty much the norm in all "proper" German techno/electronic music clubs I've been to, Berlin and elsewhere.
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phrotoma • today at 2:16 PM
I went to a show at Fabric in London during Kubecon last spring and they did the same thing. I still saw the odd person who peeled it off taking selfies or pics of friends inside but that was definitely the exception.
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zo7 • today at 3:03 PM
It's becoming more common in SF and LA too, although it's usually done by the promoter and not the venue.
This is mentioned in the article:
> More clubs have also been instituting “no phones” policies to reclaim the dance floor’s social energy. Venues including Signal, a small club that opened last year in Brooklyn’s East Williamsburg neighborhood, and recent addition Refuge, located just around the corner, cover all phone cameras with a sticker. Other larger, established venues like House of Yes and Elsewhere have also banned the use of phones inside.