Half the call talked into a void they didn't know was empty.
Half the call talked into a void they didn't know was empty. The other half watched a mouth move and waited for software to invent a button. Presence was on. Sound wasn't. People learned to wave at the camera before they checked the red icon.
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“You’re on mute.” meant they could see you. Nobody could hear you.
Half the call talked into a void they didn’t know was empty. The other half watched a mouth move and waited for software to invent a button. Presence was on. Sound wasn’t. People learned to wave at the camera before they checked the red icon.
I file You’re on mute as a polite way to keep performing while the channel stayed closed.
Ignored by accident — or by a setting that felt like manners?