Re: [112attendees] WG followup discussions in gather.town (was: Re: HotRFC Gather followup)

[Michael Richardson <[e-mail]>]

Theresa Enghardt <[e-mail]> wrote:
    > Hi Spencer,

    > On 11/10/21 7:36 AM, Spencer Dawkins at IETF wrote:
    >> […]
    >>
    >> (at a minimum, AFAIK, don't you have to be the Zoom meeting host to assign
    >> people to breakout rooms?

    > According to my experience with Zoom breakout rooms:

    > Yes, if you are the Zoom meeting host, or if you have been assigned co-host,
    > you can create breakout rooms, and you can assign people to breakout rooms,
    > either randomly or by "dragging" specific people into specific
    > rooms. However, if you want everyone to choose their own breakout room, I
    > think you have to make everyone co-host of the Zoom meeting, which
    > gives them

No, at least not for the event I was at last week (that overlapped the plenary).
We were not co-hosts, but we could choose our side meetings.

It is, as many said, very top-down.

In the side room, however, random participants couldn't screen share.
That is, there were no back-of-the-envelopes available.

And the malware.
And the BS calendar integration.
And the last-minute, "oops, you need the native app"
And the video freezing every time for my karate class.
And the lack of ability to lock the screen to my Sensei, even when other
people were talking. (That's a bit fixed now)

Gather.town is not perfect, but I think it works very well for my use.
I'd like to understand more of why Fred hates it, though.