Trying to make friends through the manufacturing of some artificial mutual interest is, in my experience, really ineffective. What I've found to be really effe

Trying to make friends through the manufacturing of some artificial mutual interest is, in my experience, really ineffective. What I've found to be really effective, is finding some type of event where people share the same interest as you. This is doubly so, I've found, if the people involved are really passionate about said interest and you are as well. I've recently gotten into world music, and I've found there is a community of people really passionate about it near me, we clicked instantly, because having meaningful conversation became incredibly easy at that point. I could see the WeWork friend making / relationship making thing working if you are all working on similar things, are all passionate about it, and can have a conversation about whatever that is. But if you're all working on different things, in different functions, I think it would be hard to make friends.