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Ask HN: How do you communicate in a remote startup?

243 points aml183 | 7 comments | 15 Nov 24 19:17 UTC | HN request time: 1.222s | source | bottom

We are a remote company. Everything is going well. No plans to be in person, but I’d say we can do a better job at communicating. Any tips or articles to read?
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paxys ◴[15 Nov 24 20:51 UTC] No.42150868[source]▶
Make conversations public by default. If you use Slack, make team channels, project channels, announcement channels etc. all public. Discourage 1:1 and private communication unless really necessary, especially for engineering topics. This single change will have an immense impact on overall company culture.
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1. notTooFarGone ◴[15 Nov 24 22:34 UTC] No.42152006[source]▶
100% this. The fact that teams does not have an easy voice channel is a disgrace.
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2. vdvsvwvwvwvwv ◴[16 Nov 24 07:31 UTC] No.42155066[source]▶
Every team needs a one-nine (CB channel for chat/truckers)
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3. em-bee ◴[16 Nov 24 09:02 UTC] No.42155386[source]▶
what happens on that channel?
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4. zikduruqe ◴[19 Nov 24 17:42 UTC] No.42186141{3}[source]▶

    ♫ ♪ ♬  
    It was the dark of the moon
    On the sixth of June
    In a Kenworth, pullin' logs
    Cabover Pete with a reefer on
    And a Jimmy haulin' hogs
    We was headin' for bear
    On 'I-1-0
    'Bout a mile out Shakey Town
    I says, Pig Pen this here's the Rubber Duck
    And I'm about to put the hammer down
    ♫ ♪ ♬
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5. edm0nd ◴[19 Nov 24 18:10 UTC] No.42186450{3}[source]▶
lot lizards
6. em-bee ◴[19 Nov 24 20:10 UTC] No.42187576{4}[source]▶
oh you mean this: https://youtube.com/watch?v=UAAwTlCp3OE :-)
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7. zikduruqe ◴[20 Nov 24 01:49 UTC] No.42190084{5}[source]▶
Oh no. I meant this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87r0CPQbFds