[rhacker]

Zoom is the new power point. Has anyone noticed we've replaced the concept of "the thing that is annoying about meetings is power point" to just blaming zoom.

I don't even think we have a point to make, it's just like a thing we say... like oh god another power point meeting, oh god another zoom call.

I think the real thing is "oh god another thing I have to do I don't want to" - but we're afraid to say it.

[BTCOG]

I guess I should be so fortunate that I've been working from home since the end of February 2020 and that all we use is Microsoft Teams for audio-only calls. We have never done video calls and I cannot imagine why anyone would stand for that shit.

[riffraff]

Well, for one you can just nod along while other people speak, or shake your head. Video just increases the communication bandwidth a bit.

You can also quickly switch to screen sharing some chart and discuss it. Or you can look at a backlog, or some bit of code, or a mockup.

I've been remote for 12 years, in my experience video calls are strictly better than audio only, but of course it's fine if someone can't join with video.

It's not video that makes meetings bad, it's people.

[2muchcoffeeman]

Oh, I’m not afraid to say I hate teleconferencing.

And I assure you I wasn’t imagining the average of 3-4 hours of online meetings every single day that was compressed to 1-2 days every 2 weeks once we started meeting in the office again.