Microblogging for Companies

Hey!

I'm working remotely since 2014 now and have used many tools in these years. I had the impression; most companies had no or bad communication processes in place.

Their employees would rely on the fact that they could walk over to a co-worker and ask them about a problem. When they went remote, this behavior got moved to solutions like Slack, where everyone has to be online all the time and answer questions as quickly as possible.

Eventually, they would rely on chat communication for everything, even the things that aren't a good fit for it, like keeping people informed about the state of things at different teams.

This led to things like Slack Threads, which Slack-users are seemingly not very fond of.

When I start my workday, I usually get a coffee and read some social media to stay up-to-date on the world.

So my idea was maybe a microblogging service, like Twitter, but it would be a great solution for companies.

People could drop small text pieces about their current work there. Stuff that would be good for others to know about, but that doesn't need instant action.

Lists that aggregate the posts of teams or projects could be a nice way to get an overview, and if everyone knows what's up, it could probably save much time and money on meetings.

I don't know if this is a good idea or if this may already exist. I just heard about Yammer, but somehow it got bought by Microsoft, and I didn't hear anything about it anymore.

Anyway, thanks for your opinions :)