Re:Has anyone built a way to measure attention during meetings?
by palata on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @06:27AM
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Sounds toxic to me. As in: those who would use that tool are probably those who initiate the meetings, and therefore they would probably use them as a way to blame those who get a bad score.
If you think that people don't want to be in the meeting, don't invite them, or make it clearly optional.
It's a lot easier to tell someone "I don't think it's necessary for you to join, but I invited you because I didn't want you to feel excluded in case you want to be part of it" than for that someone to say "you know, you required my presence in your meeting, but I think I won't bring you anything and it's a loss of time for me".
Re:Has anyone built a way to measure attention during meetings?
by CatalystPz on Thursday August 13, 2026 @04:21AM
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I agree. If it became a management or surveillance tool, I'd find that pretty uncomfortable.
I was thinking more about helping the individual in situations where they genuinely want to pay attention because the meeting is important for the work ahead, but still catch themselves zoning out.
If you think that people don't want to be in the meeting, don't invite them, or make it clearly optional.
It's a lot easier to tell someone "I don't think it's necessary for you to join, but I invited you because I didn't want you to feel excluded in case you want to be part of it" than for that someone to say "you know, you required my presence in your meeting, but I think I won't bring you anything and it's a loss of time for me".
I was thinking more about helping the individual in situations where they genuinely want to pay attention because the meeting is important for the work ahead, but still catch themselves zoning out.
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