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> Teams will remain a complete joke to me as long as I am forced to play the “try to map initials to names” game in order to figure out who is talking. I don’t
by Kwpolska 4y ago
> Teams will remain a complete joke to me as long as I am forced to play the “try to map initials to names” game in order to figure out who is talking. I don’t know my coworkers by their initials, Microsoft. I don’t know why you can’t just show me actual names.
I’d say the expectation is that everyone sets their actual photo as their profile picture, that would probably solve your problem.
- beAbU 4y agoMost of my teams meeting take place on client organizations, where I'm a guest of the directory, or just invited to the call. I never see profile pictures, and I cant find a place to edit mine. I'm almost willing to pay good money to someone who can explain how MS' user management works wrt belonging to multiple accounts/orgs/acive directories.
- AvocadoPanic 4y agoOnly if you already know what they look like.
- replygirl 4y agosoftware can't solve for you not knowing your peers
- nostrebored 4y agoIn this case it absolutely can. Show me the name not the initial.
- hamburglar 4y agoI’m not asking it to help me know them. I’m asking it to use an identifier I recognize. On earth, we use names. And regarding profile pictures, I’d say 10% of the people I interact with on zoom have them, and 0% of the people I interact with on teams. These platforms should get over themselves and realize people aren’t spending time customizing their profiles, because it’s just not important. You’re just a tool, zoom/teams. Try not to go wild with your fantasy of becoming a “virtual town square” that is integral to all aspects of life or whatever you are telling yourself internally. First goal is making meetings less of a pain in the ass.