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>Background - Blur, doors, and bedrooms are what you see 90% of the time. A good background helps you stand out. I have a bookcase with the books ordered in col
by bubblethink 2y ago
>Background - Blur, doors, and bedrooms are what you see 90% of the time. A good background helps you stand out. I have a bookcase with the books ordered in color.
True on the first part, but bookshelves as backgrounds are so cliche. Every two bit hack who gives an opinion on TV has a bookshelf as the background. It's a negative signal for me.
- Jensson 2y agoCliche is typically what you want to go for in a professional setting, it is not a negative signal in general.
- Gud 2y agoI think it depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Are you trying to fit in or stand out?
- theshrike79 2y agoIt always shouts "curated inauthentic bookshelf" to me. Every book and item has been carefully selected to produce a specific image about the person. I just use a Severance themed overlay :)
- disgruntledphd2 2y agoI had my real bookshelves behind me for most of my remote career. Mostly because my old sociology professor called attention to what backgrounds people get in media reports tells you a lot about them. Sadly, we had a second child and we put a cot into the room, so I can't have my books behind me anymore :(
- Paul-Craft 2y agoMe, too. You can't really see what's on them due to the bokeh from the DSLR I use as my webcam, but you can tell they're books, at least! What's actually there is my RPG collection, and some other hobby references.