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A comment on The Fatiguing Effects of Camera Use in Virtual Meetings [pdf].

Re:The Fatiguing Effects of Camera Use in Virtual Meetings [... by bamboozled on Monday August 30, 2021 @07:10AM (#28354471)
One thing I find that's different is that it's harder to do simple stuff like go to the toilet on the video call.

When I used to be in a physical meeting, I'd get up and leave the room if there was a lull in conversation, it signaled I had left.

On a zoom call, you could go to the toilet with your headphones or whatever, but it's harder to get a gap in conversation (there's always a speaker), and I don't like to trust mute with a poop.

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Re:The Fatiguing Effects of Camera Use in Virtual Meetings [... by emdubbelyou on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @08:15PM (#28375173)
A few people on my team use virtual backgrounds that say “be right back”. You can set your background to that if you need to step away from your computer. Some add little emojis (like brewing coffee) or other things to personalize it.
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