HACKER Q&A
📣 asim

Communities for Remote Work?


Hey all,

I've worked in a remote and distributed way for around 7 years, most of that solo, some in a team and a brief stint in an office pre-covid. One thing I've really noticed is a lack of community around that. I don't think HN was ever intended for it, I don't think sub-reddits and other places really fit the bill either and I don't believe any of the slacks or discords solve that problem.

I was just wondering if anyone came across any remote work specific communities that try to help with social aspects, loneliness, etc? Surely this should be a thing. I've not found anything and I'm starting to play around with the idea of building one. I don't want to go that route but I'm really struggling to find anything that fits.

  👤 brudgers Accepted Answer ✓
Because there's no central commonality, it doesn't seem like remote work is the kind of thing a community will form around, except in cases where there are other commonalities like physical or interest proximity.

To put it another way, remote workers who live in the same town can get together over coffee, and remote workers who are into trombones can get together in r/music/trombones...but

online is limited.

If HN, Facebook, and Twitter don't solve the social dimension, a new platform probably won't either.

There's probably room for a platform with services for remote workers, however. And that's maybe the first step toward a social platform.

Good luck.

👤 Irongirl1
Awhile back there was a community started by a guy named Kai Davis called freelance.camp:https://freelance.camp.

It still exists and is going strong and is probably exactly what you are looking for...check 'em out.

HTH

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