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What meeting platform is not a mess then?

usr1106 3y ago
We use Google Meet at work. I would not call it a mess, but collaboration features are rather limited. It's one presenter typically. Of course in Google docs and sheets many can edit at the same time and create a mess. But it's not really integrated to an online meeting. The few times I have used Microsoft Meet I found it harder to navigate. Whether that's a real problem or just not what I am used to I don't know.
themarbz 3y ago
Google Meet
- cj 3y ago
  Agreed. I never got why many people hate on Google Meet. It’s one of the few that don’t push a download to join a meeting, everything is lightweight and sandboxed in the browser.
ehutch79 3y ago
Honestly? I don't even think an in person, at a table, meetings arn't a mess....
- Cthulhu_ 3y ago
  This is frequently the case, but this is a combination of factors; immature or insecure participants, no agenda, no moderator, nobody that ever had any formal training on how to conduct a meeting correctly. But as a team (if you have a meeting with a team) there's agreements you can make, like how only one person can speak at a time (use an accessory like a ball to indicate who can speak right now). This will make the meeting more egalitarian, since in a lot of meetings (usually involving men), it's a lot of people interrupting and talking over each other so that the less forward participants are effectively pushed out of the meeting.
  - ehutch79 3y ago
    Sure, roberts rules of order are a thing for a reason. There's also a lot of cases where a meeting goes from reviewing workflow or implementation details and someone ends up railroading the meeting into bikeshedding the sidebar color.
HelloMcFly 3y ago
I realize it's pretty easy fodder to dump on Teams around here, but I've honestly found it works better than any of the alternatives that I've used (Zoom, BlueJeans, Meet, Webex). It's a little bloated, though the new preview version my team is enrolled in for some reason loads faster though some features are missing. I'm not putting on a cape for Teams, it's just the best entree in the buffet line to me right now. I do hate that they removed the ability for any meeting attendee to go add notes to the meeting in advance though.
- eska 3y ago
  I just hand out a jitsi meet link when the bloated software people have each other install doesn’t work. No install or account required

We use Google Meet at work. I would not call it a mess, but collaboration features are rather limited. It's one presenter typically. Of course in Google docs and sheets many can edit at the same time and create a mess. But it's not really integrated to an online meeting. The few times I have used Microsoft Meet I found it harder to navigate. Whether that's a real problem or just not what I am used to I don't know.

themarbz 3y ago

Google Meet

cj 3y ago
Agreed. I never got why many people hate on Google Meet. It’s one of the few that don’t push a download to join a meeting, everything is lightweight and sandboxed in the browser.

ehutch79 3y ago

Honestly? I don't even think an in person, at a table, meetings arn't a mess....

Cthulhu_ 3y ago
This is frequently the case, but this is a combination of factors; immature or insecure participants, no agenda, no moderator, nobody that ever had any formal training on how to conduct a meeting correctly. But as a team (if you have a meeting with a team) there's agreements you can make, like how only one person can speak at a time (use an accessory like a ball to indicate who can speak right now). This will make the meeting more egalitarian, since in a lot of meetings (usually involving men), it's a lot of people interrupting and talking over each other so that the less forward participants are effectively pushed out of the meeting.
- ehutch79 3y ago
  Sure, roberts rules of order are a thing for a reason. There's also a lot of cases where a meeting goes from reviewing workflow or implementation details and someone ends up railroading the meeting into bikeshedding the sidebar color.

HelloMcFly 3y ago

I realize it's pretty easy fodder to dump on Teams around here, but I've honestly found it works better than any of the alternatives that I've used (Zoom, BlueJeans, Meet, Webex). It's a little bloated, though the new preview version my team is enrolled in for some reason loads faster though some features are missing. I'm not putting on a cape for Teams, it's just the best entree in the buffet line to me right now. I do hate that they removed the ability for any meeting attendee to go add notes to the meeting in advance though.

eska 3y ago
I just hand out a jitsi meet link when the bloated software people have each other install doesn’t work. No install or account required