Been in lockdown too long!

When I go on zoom ,there’s this woman that sits in the corner of my screen , don’t know who she is , but she looks a lot older than me and she had more chins than me and more wrinkly eyes than me , !!

Daisend1
Folk waving their arms and hands around, drives me up the wall. It happens such a lot on various programmes. .

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Doodledog .
Like yourself I do not want Alexa. Frankly it frightens me.
Stupid I know but consider there is much we don't know as to how far technology can go or has gone? without our knowledge.Big brother spying on us etc?

Why do some folk when on chat show zoom feel the need to accentuate every word they utter with their hands or waving their arms around. ? I tend to find myself watching not listening.

I have Zoom pro because of my work and there is an air brushing effect that you can have. Strangely enough, l have it! It works wonders.

Never mind what these people are saying, I just want to have a video tour of their homes !

We’ve all admired the ubiquitous well-stocked book shelves and now I want to see the rest.

At the end of the broadcast I have no idea what they had said as my mind has been wondering what their home is like!

Noticed someone being interviewed the other night with the camera pointing straight at her nose while she looked down at her screen. Can't remember what she said as I was mesmerized by her nose and the fact she appeared to have her eyes closed.

I don’t like the way I look on screen, too many wrinkles. Whenever I video call my cousin I have to tell her that lovely as her kitchen ceiling is, I would rather see her face. She is quite new to technology. Haven’t noticed too many nostrils but will now look.

My chin (big anyway) always looks enormous on Zoom etc. Should I abandon my waxing regime and grow a beard? - probably not that difficult for me!

I think Zuckerberg has better things to do than to spy on me {grin], but I also cover the lens on the laptop, as it is possible for criminals to get remote access to someone else's camera.

For the same reason, I won't have things like Hive or a doorbell with an Internet-enabled camera. I don't want Alexa either, but for different reasons.

Camelotclub

I would never go on Zoom. I've put tape over my camera eyes on the desktop and laptop. Don't want Zuckerberg to spy on me!

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I would never go on Zoom. I've put tape over my camera eyes on the desktop and laptop. Don't want Zuckerberg to spy on me!

Whitewavemark2

I think I would get together all my academic books behind me to make me seem intelligent. On the other hand I might choose the arty, cultural farty books I have to make me seem avant garde or I could collect all the really good literature books I have collected over the years, or maybe a collection of travel literature to make me seem well travelled?.

What I wouldn’t show are the chick lit books I have, or cookery books or anything to do with the home, like diy books etc.

Why are people so snobby about rom com books? They are the biggest selling genre after crime so obviously masses of people like them (thank goodness!). Never be ashamed of what makes you happy!

I never get background on mine, just the ceiling !!

I have 3 younger sisters and I am gratified that they all look so much older than me. Good job that I can’t see their screens?
Andy Murray seemed to have a netball hoop on his wall. I must have been seeing things?

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Thanks. Can't say I've noticed this but it will now pay attention. Don't know if that's a good or bad idea! I purposely have a bland and plain backdrop when zooming. Saves distracting nosey people from the topic of conversation. Seem to remember the journalist Sarah Vine took all sorts of public abuse for some curtains she dared to let be seen. Plastic surgery? Well.....nothing surprises me really.

I gather from a recent radio programme that people are having plastic surgery because of how they look on Zoom.

My choir is producing a Zoom Christmas concert and we have been ‘schooled’ on how to look our best on screen. Apparently we should have our eyes level with the camera, and look at the camera, not the screen. This way we look straight ahead, not up or down, and so get a ‘full face’ on the screen.

Years ago when selfies were just starting, the advice was always to hold your phone/camera in the air and look upwards. Gave for a more attractive look apparently.

As for books on shelves I'd be very happy to have all my trashy paperback novels on display

Happens with selfies too if you get the wrong angle. DGS aged 20 months was taking selfies of himself, and he has a very large nose and bloated face!

As our group are all oldies, I notice the wrinkles and the fact that they are all thinner than me?

I notice ears too, some people have no earlobes to speak off and some have huge almost see through tops of the ears, especially noticeable if they have protruding too.

I seem to have developed a thing about noticing people's ears and how sticky out they are (or not as the case maybe). I have no idea what brought this to my attention in the first place but now it is the first thing I notice.