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Virtual meetings are fine, here's what you might need: Mute yourself when you're not talking. Use a client with decent dynamic range compression (discord gets
by swiley 6y ago
Virtual meetings are fine, here's what you might need:
Mute yourself when you're not talking.
Use a client with decent dynamic range compression (discord gets this right, some others don't)
Video adds nothing.
- ddingus 6y ago...unless it does! I agree with your other points. One could run a compressor on an audio output easily enough. I have considered it. Video matters when there is show and tell. In a manufacturing sense, having video makes for a 5x meeting. People can consult drawings, identify features, express intent and query others about a part that is only rivaled by an actual conference room. Now I will say skilled people can use audio and drawings to get it done. I can, but it takes many years to build that skill. Add video and people developing their own can contribute and absorb that ongoing skill much better and that is good for everyone.
- discordance 6y agoScreen sharing definitely helps. Webcam footage much less useful.
- ddingus 6y agoAgain, when reviewing real things, it adds quite a bit. I do this regularly and have a / b tested a ton of times. The fall back is shared photos. Good, but not great.
- ulisesrmzroche 6y agoWhy does video add nothing? Non-verbal communication isn't a thing? This is why I can't take HN seriously
- Geee 6y agoPeople have talked on the telephone for ages. Video was never an issue.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoThen why do business-class airline seats exist?
- wffurr 6y agoVideo calls, as currently implemented with available technology and existing software, is clearly not filling the non verbal communication gap. Instead, it is creating the false expectation that we have a non verbal channel, when we really don't. This disconnect is at the very heart of the article. Turning off video removes the expectation. In lieu of better, low latency tools, an audio long meeting is likely higher quality, not to mention lower bandwidth requirements and possibly lower latency as well. Better that video will be virtual avatar based tools, like meeting in a video game.
- ulisesrmzroche 6y agoI agree that Zoom and tech like that are not filling the non verbal comm gap but turning off video will only make it worse, and video-game avatars are totally dystopian.
- phaemon 6y ago> This is why I can't take HN seriously You've had your HN account nearly twice as long as the person you're replying to. Why do you think they are HN, but you are not?
- ulisesrmzroche 6y agoBecause I actually believe in the concept of non-verbal communication. That's a hyper-minority opinion here in this forum. Most find it not to be just worthless, but actually malignant, see: any work-from-home thread ever