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by dsaffy 1592 days ago
Hey Vincent - the GIF is supposed to show Katherine joining a room and sharing her own screen. You cannot force Katherine to share her screen.
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I think about this new industry a lot.

Whoever solves the problem of socializing in digital work place is going to make out like a bandit and change the world and open up new biz analytics/metrics, gamified pay structures, and more.

It is definitely coming and will be the new normal. Especially as the generation of Fortnite concerts, Halo forge custom discord game meetups, and whatever other freemium games people play get jobs.

Meta knows this as everyone laughs at the billionaire and his virtual world dream.

What you all have here looks a bit boring through that lens. I’d want to test this to see for sure, but why not make this a total blast to use? The GIF looks just like Slack and another miserable work thing.

You’re not competing with Slack. You’re competing with Xbox+Microsoft Office.

I’d shift gears and make the highest priority goal just making literally everything ‘fun’.

When Katherine joins that room it should feel exciting and rewarding and not just another page tab refresh like GIF.

Congrats and great job! Looking forward to seeing your success.

That GIF is not clear to me either. I don't even get what the concept of a room is supposed to be? Or to to phrase it differently: how is this different than slack?
We are focused on rooms, which are audio-first spaces, not text conversations like Slack. Rooms are flexible containers that can be as simple as a traditional video conference, or more sophisticated, eg walk around on a map or listen to lofi music.