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

238 points aml183 | 1 comments | 15 Nov 24 19:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source

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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screye ◴[15 Nov 24 20:18 UTC] No.42150474[source]▶
If you're in similar time zones, try https://www.gather.town/ ?

I've used it for remote conferences, and I like its 2D UI. Real sense of space there.

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Atotalnoob ◴[15 Nov 24 20:27 UTC] No.42150588[source]▶
This would be insanely disruptive to me and I think most of my team.

There are much better ways to handle this like using gitlabs handbook.

To me this is the equivalent of having to be on camera all day. Am I idle if my avatar hasn’t moved or interacted with something in game?

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1. mh- ◴[16 Nov 24 17:47 UTC] No.42157723[source]▶
Hi again. I agree, this isn't for everyone.

But I have worked at very small startups where you're all in one room (talking 10-20 people) and it was a kind of "lightning in a bottle" environment that I've been trying to figure out how to recreate for years, especially now that I work remote.

I think in a small, high-trust group like this it could be fun. Agree that once you get to a certain size this is almost guaranteed to be misused.

(I'm not affiliated with the product or anything in this space, just someone who wishes there were better ways to approximate that vibe remotely when desired.)