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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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[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

I do. I spend a fair amount of time glancing between my thumbnail and the speakers.

Sometimes I turn my thumbnail off, so I don't do it, but then I worry that I have a booger hanging out my nose, so I turn it back on.

[-] netvor@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

but that just opens the worrying space more: what if you turned the camera back on and there it was? isn't it better to not know? ๐Ÿ™ƒ

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

why are you doing this to me?

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