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> People need to say what they think and not rely on nonverbal clues. Sorry, but this just isn't how human beings work. Those non-verbal queues may not be impo
by mdoms 6y ago
> People need to say what they think and not rely on nonverbal clues.
Sorry, but this just isn't how human beings work. Those non-verbal queues may not be important to you, but they carry a huge amount of information that is apparently passing you by. And not small, unimportant things, but big things like that quiet shy QA engineer in the corner of the room who clearly wants to say something but can't find an opening or the organiser getting aggravated by a side-discussion.
- cortesoft 6y agoPeople have a lot of good reasons not to turn on their cameras, though. If you live in a small house or apartment, there are often going to be other people in the background who likely do not want to be on camera. It is one thing if people choose to work from home; you can have a reasonable expectation that they should have a proper work setup at their house. That is not what is happening now.
- arcticbull 6y agoDigital background on Zoom should help you there. One of my coworkers has their apartment with no people in it set as their digital background.
- ChrisMarshallNY 6y agoThat's a cool idea!
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- nogabebop23 6y agoalso it's much harder to read the internet, check your phone or leave your desk during a call when you have video on. People did all of these back during the in-person days, but it took more effort or less caring. Now it seems S.O.P.
- corty 6y agoI actually agree with you, those clues are very important. But video conferencing is bad at conveying those clues. So bad actually, that apart from the QA engineer waving at the camera, you wouldn't notice. There is no corner he can shrink into, you will never see that body language looking at his head. He won't shrink away from the people in the room, because there are no people to shrink away from. All those things require actual presence to work. A camera is no substitute and will always mislead you.
- ghaff 6y agoYeah. No one should generally be forced to put their video on but it should usually be the default for smaller meetings.