Is “Zoom fatigue” fact or fiction?

We have been using virtual meetings for over a decade. We almost never use cameras

New study: Turning off your camera for video meetings makes you more productive https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/02/new-study-turning-off-cameras-in-virtual-meetings-boosts-productivity.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard

Absolute fact.

Maybe it is a fact. However, every time I think of zoom fatigue, I think of the alternative of 45 minutes in traffic each direction. The fatigue disappears quickly.

Definitely fact. I’ve stopped using the camera or switched back to phone for basic 1-on-1 meetings.

I think fatigue is fact. I think “Zoom” (for us primarily Microsoft Teams) is how we interacted the most throughout the pandemic, but as we enter face-to-face again, we won’t have a fancy new name to call just flat-out exhaustion. It will take a decade for many of us to feel 100% ourselves again. The pandemic has been taxing in all ways.