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Zoom fatigue is real

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Re: Zoom fatigue is real

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Post by jasode »

lukethomas wrote: post #9

The solution to Zoom fatigue is to eliminate meetings where the purpose is to share basic facts & information. Save meetings for collaboration, relationship-building, and working on thorny problems.

>The solution to Zoom fatigue is to eliminate meetings where the purpose is to share basic facts & information. Save meetings for collaboration, relationship-building, and working on thorny problems.

Just an fyi to avoid derailing the topic...

The "fatigue" the author is talking about is not about frequency of useless and redundant meetings.

Her usage of "fatigue" is specifically talking about bad sound quality and some ideas on how to change the acoustic environment to improve it.

Whether everybody in the press uses "zoom fatigue" the same way I can't say. In any case, it's the fatigue from suboptimal sound environments is how the author of this thread's article is using it.

Re: Zoom fatigue is real

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Post by [deleted] »

neogodless wrote: post #6
extra88 wrote: post #2

The article is easier to read on the site where it was originally posted: https://theconversation.com/zoom-fatigue-how-to-make-video-c...

This is an interesting comparison. I'm using uBlock Origin so I'm not sure how the ads compare. Layout-wise, theconversation.com is a little more narrow, and the links are not as highlighted. But the non-black font is a deal-breaker for me. (I'm sure there's an extension, but I find myself doing Inspect -> Uncheck Font Color a lot!) The only other difference is that PopSci.com seems to have less clutter in the column…

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Re: Zoom fatigue is real

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Post by throwaway1239Mx »

jasode wrote: post #11
lukethomas wrote: post #9

The solution to Zoom fatigue is to eliminate meetings where the purpose is to share basic facts & information. Save meetings for collaboration, relationship-building, and working on thorny problems.

>The solution to Zoom fatigue is to eliminate meetings where the purpose is to share basic facts & information. Save meetings for collaboration, relationship-building, and working on thorny problems. Just an fyi to avoid derailing the topic... The "fatigue" the author is talking about is not about frequency of useless and redundant meetings. Her usage of "fatigue" is specifically talking about bad sound quality and s…

Thank you! Props for polite correction on someone straw-manning the OP. Otherwise I likely wouldn't have looked into this one.

I've definitely noticed mental fatigue from the changed aural environment in my house. I normally work from home, but now that my wife is also WFH, I've realized that hearing her on zoom at the same time as I'm in a meeting (or trying to concentrate) just melts my brain. Can't actually comment on zoom sound quality as have a pair of headphones that doesn't drive me completely nuts, and didn't notice anything about it in the previous few years of WFH...

Re: Zoom fatigue is real

#15

Post by c0ffe »

abdullahkhalids wrote: post #3

What do people think of "equalizing" your voice for these online meetings? Reducing the higher frequencies in favor of lower ones. Any tools on linux that can do this?

Check PulseEffects, it has an UI that allows to enable and configure effects for both input and output. Last I checked, it is on the default repository of many distros.

https://github.com/wwmm/pulseeffects

Re: Zoom fatigue is real

#16

Post by tootie »

As someone who has worked with remote teams for years and has spent many, many hours in Zooms and the like, my advice is to get used to it because it's great.

I used to dread conference calls. I can't stand listening to a room where I can't see faces. I never know what people are thinking.

What I really can't understand is the people who hate turning on their cameras yet will greet me with a smile and a handshake in person. What's the difference between a camera and being in person?

Re: Zoom fatigue is real

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Post by longtom »

> Zoom fatigue is real.

What's the evidence for this? I believe there is a psychological effect that people report more malaise when you ask them about it. Back when I first studied psychology I self-diagnosed myself with like 5 different mental defects. Confirmation bias and hypochondriasis?

Re: Zoom fatigue is real

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Post by tluyben2 »

tootie wrote: post #16

As someone who has worked with remote teams for years and has spent many, many hours in Zooms and the like, my advice is to get used to it because it's great. I used to dread conference calls. I can't stand listening to a room where I can't see faces. I never know what people are thinking. What I really can't understand is the people who hate turning on their cameras yet will greet me with a smile and a handshake in…

> What's the difference between a camera and being in person?

That's your 'matter of taste'; for me it's 'what's the difference between text chat and voice chat' (actually, I find text chat far more efficient than voice chat). I know many people who won't turn on their camera while they are not shy in public and you know many people who like voice better over text, so I guess that's just what you like or don't like?

Re: Zoom fatigue is real

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Post by lizknope »

tootie wrote: post #16

As someone who has worked with remote teams for years and has spent many, many hours in Zooms and the like, my advice is to get used to it because it's great. I used to dread conference calls. I can't stand listening to a room where I can't see faces. I never know what people are thinking. What I really can't understand is the people who hate turning on their cameras yet will greet me with a smile and a handshake in…

Most people brush their hair, put on make up, or wear nice clothes, when they go out. I've seen some people online after a few weeks and some people look quite different at the moment. Some people are embarassed. Some don't care. Some joke that they had to put on a shirt.

No video? Then they don't have to worry.

Re: Zoom fatigue is real

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Post by tluyben2 »

mseidl wrote: post #12

Am I the only one that really hates being on webcam?

No. Like I mentioned elsewhere here, almost everyone I know hates it and I myself hate it as well, while I am a social monster (put me somewhere and i'm chatting to everyone in no time flat).
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