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We used to use a show of hands (raised hands). However, participants with limited sight could not get a sense for the state of a room when a show of hands was
by cryptonector 8y ago
We used to use a show of hands (raised hands). However, participants with limited sight could not get a sense for the state of a room when a show of hands was called for. So we switched to humming. Now, you might wonder how that works for people who are hard of hearing, but oddly enough that has not come up as much.
- cryptonector 8y agoIf ever we have to, we could do both, and then still call it "humming" since it would still be that and it's a very pithy (two syllables) word for it. It's also possible that humming has little to do with sight and more to do with using the volume of humming to help indicate the strength of the sense of the room -- that actually is a very useful aspect of humming. However, humming became a thing concommitantly with participation by people with limited sight, which is probably why I remember that as a motivation, but in fact it might not have been! It's been a long time now that the IETF uses humming...
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Now, you might wonder how that works for people who are hard of hearing Or for people with a different range of natural and comfortable humming volumes.