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I have formed a lot of relationships online. But that is because I am good at doing so. Even then it took months to form real bonds. It would not have taken months if I knew what common ground to have conversations on from the start.

Yeah kind of marketing is as a team building tool and bettering corporate culture is our angle. We wrapped up our MVP and now just trying to get into the door with HR. Any ideas on how to get into the door with HR?

I will pass on the website comments to the team haha

So, we actually thought a lot about this. All the categories and interests we put are pretty HR friendly. Nothing NSFW. The most NSFW thing is Sunny haha

Agree with you man, LinkedIn has gone downhill. So, we don't have any functionality to write posts or promote anything. We actually lock it down to only corporations. Like you need your corp email to sign up (only if your corp uses us) and then only connect with people in your corporation.

Hey thanks for the feedback!

So, when I was first starting out, even at an “in office” company, it took time to get close to my coworkers. I saw this problem with really any new employee. It took me months to figure out my boss also liked “it’s always sunny in Philadelphia” and basketball, and rap etc. If I had known this from day 1, then I would have connected with him more from day 1. That would have taken out anxiety or the discomfort of asking difficult questions. For him he would have subconsciously taken more time to make sure I had everything I needed. No matter what we say, we always help people more when we like them.

^ now imagine all that in a remote environment. Usually takes much longer to fit in. In my new fully remote company it took 6months- a year to settle in. Why not just cut out all the leg work of discovery? If someone around me at work likes FIFA as much as I do, then let’s chat about it. It speeds up the social connection and makes work more fun cuz you would genuinely have more friends there.

Also, a big thing about who uses it and who doesn’t. As normal you will always have the early adopters in the company, the new people and the HR people that will use it. But when the results are seen more often, managers will ask their teams to use it. A profile takes less than 3 min to create. So from that point on you will get connections via your most loved topics weekly. (I would love to log in on Monday and know the new guy we just hired loves playing fifa).

That will make people come back and grow the network. The network effect within the company should be great enough to get more people into it and using it.

Btw I really do love your feedback. We have the LLC, the mvp etc etc. And actively talking to HR execs. So questions like these are great.

Oh wow. Thank you for letting me know. I am new here.

Yes, I will post again with less generic tittle. This was very helpful. Thank yOU!

So, that is great! But that isn't an option for everyone and that is okay.

But would it be bad if you were to have good social connections at work as well?

FYI we are big fans of WFH and want WFH to stay!

Yes, I don't think companies have really figured out how to grow the bond within teams. A lot of times employees struggle with just belonging to a company.

I really liked your POV. I am asking this favor from some of the people here with unique POVs. Would you mind checking us out at www.getparallel.io ? We wrapped up our MVP and our whole thing is to provide the fertile soil as you mentioned.

Do you think it would help if you already knew topics that would spark a conversation between you and your co-workers instantly?

Can you check out what we are making to solve this at www.getparallel.io ? I feel like it would have worked really well for you. Would love to know your thoughts.