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Is it helpful to have your camera on or off during Zoom meetings?

Video is very useful so that non-verbal communication is included in your exchange with other people. However, there are downsides to it too.

Most video platforms show a square of what you look like on camera during a chat. But that’s unnatural, Bailenson said. "In the real world, if somebody was following you around with a mirror constantly – so that while you were talking to people, making decisions, giving feedback, getting feedback – you were seeing yourself in a mirror, that would just be crazy. No one would ever consider that," he added.

Solution: ... users should use the “hide self-view” button, which one can access by right-clicking their own photo, once they see their face is framed properly in the video.