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I turn my camera on whenever possible. If nobody else wants to, that's fine, I'll monopolize the visual communication channel for my own interests then. I will

I turn my camera on whenever possible. If nobody else wants to, that's fine, I'll monopolize the visual communication channel for my own interests then. I will turn it off for large meetings, unless several other people have theirs on. And I'll turn it off if I have to go to the bathroom or something.

snthpy 4y ago
Same. I think it's weird, almost dishonest or shifty to have the camera off. In a big meeting ok, but with two or three people? Body language is part of communication and you can't just hide that. No wonder companies want to force people back to the office if they're going to hide themselves online. You can't hide yourself in a meeting room.
- thunky 4y ago
  > I think it's weird, almost dishonest or shifty to have the camera off It's the opposite for me. With the camera on, I could be zoomed in and focusing on a part of your face and you don't know it. That feels dishonest. Camera off is like a phone call. Nothing dishonest or shifty about that.
  - treis 4y ago
    Who do you think is zooming in to focus on part of your face?
    - thunky 4y ago
      I don't. But the point is that with your camera on you have no way of knowing what any given person you're meeting with is looking at. Someone could have you in full screen when you're not the one speaking and you have no way to know it. That'd be the equivalent of getting right up in your face and staring at you during an in person meeting while you're not speaking. You can't do that in real life but you can on video calls with nobody knowing, which seems dishonest to me.
- tailspin2019 4y ago
  > Same. I think it's weird, almost dishonest or shifty to have the camera off. With respect, I find this opinion to be more weird than someone having their camera off :)
- gardenhedge 4y ago
  Such a bad take. Cameras off doesn't mean you're hiding yourself. That's pretty crazy. Do you think if someone voice calls your phone instead of video calling that they're hiding something? If someone messages you instead of video calling do you think they're up to no good? Your stance literally does not make sense.
  - palata 4y ago
    That's their feeling. Feelings don't have to make sense, you just have to accept that everyone is different :-).
gardenhedge 4y ago
lol I turn off people's cameras if they're so oblivious to be the only person with it on
stevekemp 4y ago
Exactly the same for me. The camera stays on, unless the meeting has >10 people in it, at which point not all participants tend to be visible at once anyway. Smaller meetings I leave the camera and mic on, larger meetings I mute unless I'm speaking, and turn off the video.

snthpy 4y ago

Same. I think it's weird, almost dishonest or shifty to have the camera off. In a big meeting ok, but with two or three people? Body language is part of communication and you can't just hide that. No wonder companies want to force people back to the office if they're going to hide themselves online. You can't hide yourself in a meeting room.

thunky 4y ago
> I think it's weird, almost dishonest or shifty to have the camera off It's the opposite for me. With the camera on, I could be zoomed in and focusing on a part of your face and you don't know it. That feels dishonest. Camera off is like a phone call. Nothing dishonest or shifty about that.
- treis 4y ago
  Who do you think is zooming in to focus on part of your face?
  - thunky 4y ago
    I don't. But the point is that with your camera on you have no way of knowing what any given person you're meeting with is looking at. Someone could have you in full screen when you're not the one speaking and you have no way to know it. That'd be the equivalent of getting right up in your face and staring at you during an in person meeting while you're not speaking. You can't do that in real life but you can on video calls with nobody knowing, which seems dishonest to me.
tailspin2019 4y ago
> Same. I think it's weird, almost dishonest or shifty to have the camera off. With respect, I find this opinion to be more weird than someone having their camera off :)
gardenhedge 4y ago
Such a bad take. Cameras off doesn't mean you're hiding yourself. That's pretty crazy. Do you think if someone voice calls your phone instead of video calling that they're hiding something? If someone messages you instead of video calling do you think they're up to no good? Your stance literally does not make sense.
- palata 4y ago
  That's their feeling. Feelings don't have to make sense, you just have to accept that everyone is different :-).

gardenhedge 4y ago

lol I turn off people's cameras if they're so oblivious to be the only person with it on

stevekemp 4y ago

Exactly the same for me. The camera stays on, unless the meeting has >10 people in it, at which point not all participants tend to be visible at once anyway. Smaller meetings I leave the camera and mic on, larger meetings I mute unless I'm speaking, and turn off the video.