Posts like this are not meant to distract contributors from serious issues, Schultz told me, but to help them build the bonds that help them tackle tough issues well. The prompts are practice: they get people into friendly interactions, regardless of their views on other things, building up the camaraderie that can help them muscle through the tricky stuff.
simple prompts are good practice.Like sharing stories about eachothers pets, kid; or sports,to form a bondunrelated to tricky, deeper subjects

