We do actually already have something similar on the top right, on desktop. It will show a list of everybody's who's on the hangout page. But as you've noted, there's usually nobody there đ
It's a bit of a catch-22 problem, because I'm sure people would join, if there was somebody there. But nobody wants to be the first.
Question: if we did have a dedicated "Coworking" page, what would it look like in an ideal world?
Personally, I wouldn't want to broadcast a silent video stream of myself working, but the idea of having a virtual, shared space does seem interesting.
I'm thinking a list of avatars of who's in the session, a way to share your current "status" (task you're working on, etc), maybe a very simple, ephemeral chat, a stream of updates (completed todo's of people who are in the coworking session), an always-on lofi music stream, and the option to enable video/mic/audio for those who want.
What do you think? What would be the best possible version of this? What would be the MVP version of this?
I have no problem showing up daily and being the first one there. In fact, I'm there right now. If you create something like the mock-up I provided, I'm sure it will gradually grow over time with minimal effort on your part. Later on, you could invest more work into it. I've read the Whereby documentation, and they have a function to pull information about the number of users.
I think the mvp can just be:
1. Rename hangouts to coworking
2. Show an indicator of how many people are online on the left hand sidebar as shown in the mockup and see if it helps engagement
Just donât display â0â and only show a number once at least 1 person enters the room to avoid the empty room looking awkward.
I like the rest of the stuff you mentioned too particularly the music + status sharing part (for that part maybe just add the clickable hashtag of the WIP project being worked on), just not sure it will get people in the room which seems like the first problem to solve - the indicator will serve as a helpful clue that someone is there and it feels like an invite to join almost, at least to me. Right now I never join because discoverability is bad, people wonât know Iâm in there unless they click into meetups first. Thatâs where the indicator is useful
Then the extra features can be built once people are actually using the meetup/coworking room
I think the current problem with the hangouts is because we pop into an empty room without any indication of whether anyone will pop in. It also feels like a Zoom Call which is kind of awkward when you're the only person there with only your face showing up.
If the UI changes a bit like @cat's room, I think it's gonna get better.
So in my room, there's a feature where I can create events. Maybe that'd be pretty cool to have every once in a while to have scheduled coworking sessions where we know that at least other people will be there.
Love the mock-up!
We do actually already have something similar on the top right, on desktop. It will show a list of everybody's who's on the hangout page. But as you've noted, there's usually nobody there đ
It's a bit of a catch-22 problem, because I'm sure people would join, if there was somebody there. But nobody wants to be the first.
Question: if we did have a dedicated "Coworking" page, what would it look like in an ideal world?
Personally, I wouldn't want to broadcast a silent video stream of myself working, but the idea of having a virtual, shared space does seem interesting.
I'm thinking a list of avatars of who's in the session, a way to share your current "status" (task you're working on, etc), maybe a very simple, ephemeral chat, a stream of updates (completed todo's of people who are in the coworking session), an always-on lofi music stream, and the option to enable video/mic/audio for those who want.
What do you think? What would be the best possible version of this? What would be the MVP version of this?
I have no problem showing up daily and being the first one there. In fact, I'm there right now. If you create something like the mock-up I provided, I'm sure it will gradually grow over time with minimal effort on your part. Later on, you could invest more work into it. I've read the Whereby documentation, and they have a function to pull information about the number of users.
I think the mvp can just be:
1. Rename hangouts to coworking
2. Show an indicator of how many people are online on the left hand sidebar as shown in the mockup and see if it helps engagement
Just donât display â0â and only show a number once at least 1 person enters the room to avoid the empty room looking awkward.
I like the rest of the stuff you mentioned too particularly the music + status sharing part (for that part maybe just add the clickable hashtag of the WIP project being worked on), just not sure it will get people in the room which seems like the first problem to solve - the indicator will serve as a helpful clue that someone is there and it feels like an invite to join almost, at least to me. Right now I never join because discoverability is bad, people wonât know Iâm in there unless they click into meetups first. Thatâs where the indicator is useful
Then the extra features can be built once people are actually using the meetup/coworking room
I think the current problem with the hangouts is because we pop into an empty room without any indication of whether anyone will pop in. It also feels like a Zoom Call which is kind of awkward when you're the only person there with only your face showing up.
If the UI changes a bit like @cat's room, I think it's gonna get better.
So in my room, there's a feature where I can create events. Maybe that'd be pretty cool to have every once in a while to have scheduled coworking sessions where we know that at least other people will be there.
We actually have on WIP! wip.co/meetups â you can create a "meetup" with the event type of "hangout"
I should clarify this in the UI :D