I don't know that non-gamers would understand idling in a discord/mumble/ventrilo/teamspeak server, but it's for sure the next big trend in remote work. I've been hanging out this way with friends for a long time.

I won't be surprised to see Discord pivot to b2b in a few years and completely destroy Slack.

I think this will work - but only for people (groups) that can communicate GREAT.