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When you are on a videocall do you also keep looking at your own thumbnail video? (lemmy.world)
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When I speak, unless I'm sharing the screen I always keep looking at myself. It's kind of strange -- it clearly does not match a real-world conversation, but somehow I can't help it.

Edit: More context -- I'm wondering if others have it, if this is something that can be explained by some "brain" thing, and also how does it affect the conversation.

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[–] helmet91@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I find it weird to look at my thumbnail video, so I almost never do that.

  1. If I have the chance, I don't even enable my webcam. It depends on the workplace...
  2. Generally, I always look at my notes, because I'm unable to keep all the necessary things in my mind while talking.
  3. If no notes are needed for whatever reason, I just look at others in the meeting.

If I look at myself, that happens maybe at the very beginning to check what's in the picture, but I always hate looking at myself.