Well, I really hate eye contact and never look people in the eyes, so this wouldn't be something interesting for me. I wonder if I am alone or if this is common.
That's actually an advantage in the remote work world, because you can stare at the camera and people will think you are looking them in the eyes. They'll trust you more thinking you are, and if you can't read their face anyway, there's no loss to you due to looking at the camera instead of their face.
I dunno. But at some point you can tell who's faking it. Sort of like someone who read How to Win Friends and Influence People and follows it to the letter- they use your name too often shoehorned into conversations and ask about your dog a little too early and enthusiastically with feigned interest.
Perhaps this is a cynical viewpoint brought on negatively from too many zoom webcam meetings!