Hot take: the norm of being muted on video calls is bad. It makes it awkward and difficult to speak, clap, laugh, or make “I’m listening” sounds. A better norm set would be:
use zoom in gallery mode, so somebody making noise doesn’t make them more focussed than they were before
call from a quiet room
be more tolerant of random background sounds, the way we are IRL
Agreed. I often find myself unmuting because I’m trying to make social sounds (often laughter). However, in a large conversation, I prefer someone becomes a weird void without backchannel sounds than be plunged into domestic mayhem
Hot take: the norm of being muted on video calls is bad. It makes it awkward and difficult to speak, clap, laugh, or make “I’m listening” sounds. A better norm set would be:
use zoom in gallery mode, so somebody making noise doesn’t make them more focussed than they were before
call from a quiet room
be more tolerant of random background sounds, the way we are IRL
Agreed. I often find myself unmuting because I’m trying to make social sounds (often laughter). However, in a large conversation, I prefer someone becomes a weird void without backchannel sounds than be plunged into domestic mayhem