At the very least, it seems anti-social.

Out of all the tech inventions of the past 30 years, the webcam is perhaps the most irksome.

The Q key was gone when I got here, I swear.

Webcams in work meetings

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This is obviously a personality-based reaction.

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No one is looking at each other or even engaging the camera in at all a social manner.

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And here I thought I was missing something.

None of these petty criticisms mean that I somehow know how to conduct virtual work meetings better.

“Nah I’m good.”