Yesterday I did a Discord voice hangout with the folks I normally co-work with. It went off pretty well, I got to hike outside while talking to them. It does h

Yesterday I did a Discord voice hangout with the folks I normally co-work with. It went off pretty well, I got to hike outside while talking to them. It does have its limits, though. Everyone's voices get filtered through the system with the usual dropouts, zombie connections, feedback issues and equipment variations making it so that some people are heard more clearly than others. But as a measure for connecting without physical presence it's a godsend, and a group chat can be less structured than a meeting or phone call. Set a rough starting time, let people hang out in the room, and things happen. Not the same things that happen in person, but it's enough.