[throwaway201103]

I guess I'm old too. Unless you're presenting to children, I'm not sure who wants this. Adding funny visual gags to your content isn't going to do much for me except make me annoyed with you.

If you have something worthwhile or compelling to say, that will stand on its own.

[robofanatic]

Well "presenting to children" is a big market now. 2020 has brought a lot of different kinds of people online, it's not just developers or people in corporate sector anymore. These days my kids hangout on Zoom every single school day, which is way more than I have ever been in a virtual video conference in my life.

[radley]

The gags are placeholders for actual presentations. Essentially the service allows people to watch you and your presentation at the same time, which is superior to only one or the other.

In time, it should allow you to present a more professional presentation. It's essentially the difference between 2010 & 2020 YouTube videos.

[Liquid_Fire]

No thanks, I don't want to watch slides mangled by video compression tuned for a camera. I'd much rather see them through screen sharing, which is optimised for compressing on-screen content without making it look terrible.

This should just be a feature of Zoom, Teams, etc. And it probably is.