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We were never supposed to see our own faces this much — From mirrors to Zoom calls and TikToks, we are constantly faced with our own reflections, and it is completely changing the way we conceive o...::From mirrors to Zoom calls and TikToks, we are constantly faced with our own reflections – and it is completely changing the way we conceive of ourselves

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can also just turn off self view in zoom and most other video conferencing tools. Helpful if you find seeing yourself distracting.

Not sure if that's relatively common knowledge or not.

I have mine set to show me a preview before I join a call so I can have a quick check that there's nothing egregiously wrong and then no self view in the call itself