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minus-squareVespair@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down5·9 months agoWho says “zoom” as a verb? People say “video chat” or, more realistically, “facetime” for all video chats.
minus-squareblind3rdeye@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 months agoI’ve heard a lot of people talk about “zoom meetings” when the meetings are actually held on google meet, or webx.
minus-squareEnderMB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·9 months agoI’ve used Zoom in previous companies to speak to clients, and have never heard anyone use it as a term for video calls. I have absolutely no idea where this has come from, but it’s definitely not true…
minus-squareblazeknave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·9 months agoI work in tech. Everyone.
minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·9 months agoI’ve met a lot of people who do this through my work from home job
minus-squareJackcooper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoLet’s do a zoom meeting can conceivably be on Teams I guess
minus-squaretws@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·9 months agoNo one I know would use facetime… That suggests using a phone for a business meeting. Bad angles, shakey image… very unprofessional. For a business meeting you need a computer which means we’re zooming, regardless of the platform
minus-squareSeabassDan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·9 months agoYeah, it seems like facetime would be more at risk for becoming generic. If it weren’t for Apple, that is.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months ago Who says “zoom” as a verb? Zoomers.
Who says “zoom” as a verb? People say “video chat” or, more realistically, “facetime” for all video chats.
I’ve heard a lot of people talk about “zoom meetings” when the meetings are actually held on google meet, or webx.
I’ve used Zoom in previous companies to speak to clients, and have never heard anyone use it as a term for video calls. I have absolutely no idea where this has come from, but it’s definitely not true…
I work in tech. Everyone.
I’ve met a lot of people who do this through my work from home job
Let’s do a zoom meeting can conceivably be on Teams I guess
No one I know would use facetime… That suggests using a phone for a business meeting. Bad angles, shakey image… very unprofessional.
For a business meeting you need a computer which means we’re zooming, regardless of the platform
Yeah, it seems like facetime would be more at risk for becoming generic. If it weren’t for Apple, that is.
Zoomers.