Among Us, developed by Innersloth and released in 2018, became a global hit in 2020 as streamers and friends played its social deduction matches online. The meeting sound is part of that core loop, marking the shift from quiet tasks to public debate, voting and ejection. Clips of meetings, accusations and betrayals spread widely online, and the short alert became shorthand for suspicion even outside the game. It remains popular because it instantly signals that someone is about to be questioned.