[JshWright]

> OTOH, it doesn't address bad remote-meeting etiquette like side conversations

Interestingly, my team has found that side conversations taking place in the meeting chat are extremely helpful (to the point that as some members of the team have been resuming in-person meetings, they have been bringing laptops and having a Slack thread running for the meeting).

It's great for questions/comments that may not be worth interrupting the flow of the conversation for, but are important enough that they shouldn't get lost entirely.

[notacoward]

Side comments via chat are fantastic, for exactly the reason you mention. Vocal side comments, OTOH, tend to make the main conversation unintelligible for anyone already trying to follow without being able to direct their ears in a particular direction.