Leaked Zoom all-hands: CEO says employees must return to offices because they can’t be as innovative or get to know each other on Zoom::Zoom CEO Eric Yuan discussed the benefits of in-person work in a leaked meeting.

  • whatisallthis@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I think that any study you find over the past 30 years will show that while online relationships can be meaningful in some cases, the average person will not form as strong a connection as they would in person.

    • Resonosity
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      1 year ago

      The term for this is parasocial relationships, and you have truth to your claims

        • Resonosity
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          1 year ago

          Huh, weird. The Twitch chats I hang out with and I tend to use “parasocial” as a term in which people develop a relationship with others that people haven’t really seen or spoken to. I’ve seen them and myself use the term to talk about how chats have relationships with streamers themselves, which aligns with your definition, but I’ve also seen it used between Internet users that have minimal interaction with others aside from texting.

          I’ve made friends online via Xbox that I have on other social media and that know my face/voice/background, but I try to secure more of my anonymity these days. I wouldn’t consider those relationships as parasocial, but in some ways, depending on how the relationship evolves and grows or decays over time, I’d say they dip in and out of being parasocial and tangible.

          Perhaps parasocial might be better thought of as a class of relationships people share that are digital and that don’t manifest IRL in any meaningful ways (excluding face/voice/identity).

          Maybe the idea I’m getting at here has a term coined for it already. I’d be willing to change my vocabulary if you suggest something!

    • rambaroo@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Because they aren’t putting effort into it and neither is the company.

      If you can talk to someone you can form a relationship with them. Period. This is not hard to figure out.

      Remote culture requires putting effort into it. You have regular online events with the team just for fun and you ask people to stay after the scrum for an open floor once a week or so, etc. You invest in the social aspect of remote work.

      Studies can say important things but they can’t contradict lived experience and their methodology can also be flawed or biased.

      • whatisallthis@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        I’m not limiting this to work.

        And of course you can have a relationship with someone remotely.

        But overall, for the average person, in-person relationships are going to be stronger. Friends, family, romantic relationships, hobbies, work, you name it.