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i'm not sure why you're getting downvoted because this is, as far as i can tell, the central point of the whole piece: the most important thing you can do for m

i'm not sure why you're getting downvoted because this is, as far as i can tell, the central point of the whole piece: the most important thing you can do for making a properly immersive, high-quality video call is to isolate yourself away from background noise. once you've done that, then go ahead start geeking out over the quality of your mic, your camera quality, your backlighting, and all the other details. but if you can't isolate yourself from background noise, then there's no point in getting fancy equipment for the rest of the stuff. just put yourself on mute and use your laptop's built in mic and webcam, because nothing you try will fix the background noise.

pwinnski 6y ago
I'm not sure why I'm being downvoted either, but I guess many people find it hard to believe that not everybody has the same experiences they do? Like, I don't have a baby crying in my house because I don't have a baby. Or pets. If you do, stay muted. Where I live my environment is very, very quiet. Which the article says is step 1. If you can't do step 1, then yeah, this article isn't for you.
- ghaff 6y ago
  I think people were mostly reacting to the suggestion that you don't need to mute in a quiet environment. Which I sort of agree with in a small call where people are having back and forth conversation with each other. If I'm in a 1:1 I don't mute. But it's still a good idea on larger calls or even a smaller one where you're just going to be listening to a presentation. In general, there's not a lot of cost associated with going on mute.