Turn off that camera during virtual meetings, environmental study says

Re:Turn off that camera during virtual meetings, environment... by seba_dos1 on Thursday January 21, 2021 @07:42AM (#25858256)

I work in a remote-only team since mid-2019 and we've never used video in any meeting (even including the job interview). Why would we? On average there's one audio meeting per week; all the rest is done over chat, mail and issue tracker.

Video in meetings that don't require it is just a stressful distraction.

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Re:Turn off that camera during virtual meetings, environment... by tabletzone on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @05:54PM (#25935295)

That is a wise move! my team is total remote, and we do audio only meetings, it works just right. Video calls are making everyone feel the way people on TV feel every slouchy every mumble every interruption is magnified. What do you use for audio calls? Zoom? Skype? Tappy is perfect for Audio-only meetings. Very simple and light, the audio quality is better than Zoom. https://tappy.so/

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Re:Turn off that camera during virtual meetings, environment... by seba_dos1 on Monday February 08, 2021 @05:16PM (#26070971)

We use Mumble for audio and Matrix for chat.

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