Re:Ask HN: Communities for Remote Work?
by asim on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @10:11AM
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Thanks for your comments. The funny thing is, the services are exactly what I wanted to focus on, just felt like you needed to start with community/communication e.g forum/message board first, then start to offer things like task management, reminders, etc.
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Re:Ask HN: Communities for Remote Work?
by brudgers on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @10:17AM
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As a business concept, and maybe it isn’t, the money is in tooling for managing remote workers.
There are a million reminder apps to pick from already…anyone who wants one already has one and doesn’t want to switch. Anyone who doesn’t have one, doesn’t by choice.
It feels like if it's about managing remote workers then time management is the big piece.
Re:Ask HN: Communities for Remote Work?
by brudgers on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @11:14AM
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Guessing is not as good as asking potential users what problems they need solved.
I mean that the problem of community doesn’t go away…though that might not be the most pressing problem for managers of remote workers…I am just guessing too.
I know my guesses are probably poor.
I'm looking at personal pain first which is really that remote work means losing out on the social aspects of work. I think all the other tools can be built but are undifferentiated. Community for remote work isn't a thing. Or if it is its always tied to a Job board which isn't really helpful for people who already have jobs.