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Discussion on: How to become friends with colleagues who work remotely?

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Michael Tharrington

One way I've found that I make friends with my remote colleagues is through some social Slack channels we set up — I'm thinking #music (for sharing music of course!), #yum (for sharing recipes and chatting about food), and #watercooler (where anything goes), just to name a few.

I also really like that we set up a #kudos channel for giving fellow team members a shoutout. It's nice to send someone appreciation publicly and always feels good whenever it happens to you. Also cool is how folks like to pile on the love with emojis whenever someone sends out a message like this — usually lots of ❤️ and 😀 left as reactions on the comment.