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Zoom Fatigue Is Real, According to Brain Scans

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Re: Zoom Fatigue Is Real, According to Brain Scans

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Post by hotnfresh »

We got accustomed to it, but it never stopped feeling super weird, I think, somewhere deep in our heads.

A wall of faces staring at your neck is not what any real in-person thing feels like. A wall of facings looking in your eyes isn’t, either, for that matter, but the constantly-averted-gazes do add even more to the weirdness. You don’t feel so constantly watched in person, unless you’re doing a presentation.

I did a little work with one of the Big 3 management consulting firms about… oh, four or five years back, well after everyone cool and most non-cool had adopted Zoom or some other video chat for work calls. They favored actual dial-in conference calls. At first I thought they were dinosaurs, but the more I considered it the more I thought they had the right idea. Nothing to download or permissions to allow. Doesn’t tie up your laptop. Don’t need a laptop out at all, in fact. Phone number and code digits are all you need, can record that on a napkin.

Mass video chat’s so weird that I’m not sure the video’s adding value anyway, if you’re not screen sharing.

Re: Zoom Fatigue Is Real, According to Brain Scans

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Post by contravariant »

I suppose it's good to investigate what exactly is happening, but surely we didn't need to do a scientific study to check if it exists? Have we now advanced empiricism so far that experiencing something yourself is not enough any more?

Anyway, just to make sure I suppose we'd better gather some volunteers to make sure running long distances makes people tired.

Re: Zoom Fatigue Is Real, According to Brain Scans

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Post by Gigachad »

hotnfresh wrote: post #7

We got accustomed to it, but it never stopped feeling super weird, I think, somewhere deep in our heads. A wall of faces staring at your neck is not what any real in-person thing feels like. A wall of facings looking in your eyes isn’t, either, for that matter, but the constantly-averted-gazes do add even more to the weirdness. You don’t feel so constantly watched in person, unless you’re doing a presentation. I did…

I absolutely hate calls. WFH works well when you just need to grind out something solo, but it’s awful to communicate.

Personally I go in the office 1-2 days a week. If you want to talk to me, do it in person those days. If you add me to some 10 person video call. I’m just going to zone out.

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