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A comment on Eye Contact in Video Conferencing (2018). Parent comment

Re:Eye Contact in Video Conferencing (2018) by ycombobreaker on Sunday June 09, 2019 @11:46PM (#20143769)
I get that, but... butts-in-seats as an expectation for the work day (which is typically where the policy/work culture is called out), is quite different from a butts-in-seats expectation for meetings where one has a "real role".
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Re:Eye Contact in Video Conferencing (2018) by couchand on Sunday June 09, 2019 @11:50PM (#20143784)
Can you clarify your position here? What do you see as the main issue with butts-in-literal-seats, and what about this hypothetical remote meeting is "quite different"?
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Re:Eye Contact in Video Conferencing (2018) by ycombobreaker on Monday June 10, 2019 @12:04AM (#20143834)
GP cited "butts in seats mentality" in a way that I interpret as pejorative, referring to office cultures where physical presence during working hours is more important than output.

A meeting is specifically about communication. A participant at the meeting that is inattentive is either wasting others' time, or should probably politely step out, or at least should not have been asked to attend. Being present is a priority for a good meeting, hence the pejorative "butts in seats" comment doesn't make sense to me.

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Re:Eye Contact in Video Conferencing (2018) by couchand on Monday June 10, 2019 @12:14AM (#20143866)
The output of an interactive meeting is the interactivity, not the appearance of interactivity.
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Re:Eye Contact in Video Conferencing (2018) by ycombobreaker on Monday June 10, 2019 @12:55AM (#20143998)
I don't disagree with this; I just think dropping the video feed can impact the interactivity of a meeting.
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