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There are plenty of places you can use live video to chat with your friends, family, and anyone else online. But despite the fact that video chatting has been around for a long time<\/a>, and is now a high-tech, superior form<\/a> of communication, some people still need convincing. If that sounds like you (or a friend of yours), we\u2019re here to bust some of the myths you might have heard about video chat.<\/p>\n

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Myth 1<\/big><\/p>\n

You Look Fine<\/a> (You Sound Fine, Too)<\/h6>\n

Yes, you probably shouldn\u2019t take a business video call without a shirt on. Yes, you might want to pick up your room a little bit if you\u2019re trying to flirt with a new fling. But it\u2019s definitely not as bad as you think.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Use common sense and, when chatting outside a business setting, don\u2019t worry about people judging you for wearing a fluffy panda onesie if it makes you comfortable and happy. Plus, Paltalk offers video filters if you\u2019re ever feeling a little drab \u2014 it happens. When chatting in a business setting, relax and dress as you normally would at your office. All you need to do is find a quiet room and make sure your head and shoulders are visible from around eye level in camera view. You\u2019re probably not a famous YouTuber, so don\u2019t worry about things like perfect hair or a beautiful background. Just look clean and confident.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s that you say? Your face still looks wrong and your voice sounds weird on video? You can learn all about how mirrors, asymmetry, and confirmation bias mess up our faces for us in this article from Wistia<\/a>, but what it comes down to is this: your face looks on video the way that everyone else sees it. It\u2019s just your face, and the more you look at it on video, the less odd it will seem to you. As for your voice, you shouldn\u2019t hear it in video chat anyway, but if by some chance you do, you\u2019re probably battling both feedback distortion and the natural difference between what you and other people hear<\/a> when you speak. Again, it\u2019s a matter of letting yourself get used to the difference (a small helping of \u201cidc\u201d can help, too).<\/p>\n

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Myth 2<\/big><\/p>\n

It\u2019s Not All Scandalous\u2026 or Exhibitionist<\/h6>\n

Not all video chat is scandalous. If you\u2019ve ever used FaceTime to chat with your family, you know that. One to one video, especially with someone you know, is usually tame \u2014 as long as you want it to be.\u00a0It\u2019s the public video chat forums where things can get a little dicey.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re not here to shame anybody for having a good time with other consenting adults. If adult content is your jam, there are plenty of places around the web you can enjoy yourself with the help of video chat.<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s important not to rope in unwilling participants. We don\u2019t need to spell out for you what can happen to the unsuspecting on un- or sub-moderated video chat sites (we all lived through the rise and some-might-say-fall of Chatroulette<\/a> and Omegle), and respect for others\u2019 boundaries and rules is crucial to a healthy video chat experience. That\u2019s where moderation comes in. Sites like Paltalk utilize both administrators and the community at large to help make sure group video chat stays within the bounds predetermined propriety (whether that\u2019s G or Adult). Service like Skype or FaceTime don\u2019t face these challenges as often, but you don\u2019t meet new friends with them either.<\/p>\n

Aside from salacious, some people find video chat exhibitionist even if nothing untoward is happening. While many people do enjoy video chat because they can \u2018perform\u2019 a role (whether explicitly performative or not), it\u2019s far from the only reason people like video chat, or even prefer it to other methods of communication<\/a>. It\u2019s not exhibitionist to want to have the most nuanced conversation possible from the comfort of your own home, and being able to see a stranger\u2019s face \u2014the way her eyes move or her brow furrows\u2014 from halfway around the world is something offered nowhere else.<\/p>\n

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Myth 3<\/big><\/p>\n

Propriety Is What You Make It: Hello or Ahoy?<\/h6>\n\n\n\n\n
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The final myth is really a subset of myths we\u2019re calling \u201csocial awkwardness issues\u201d. We\u2019ll admit that video chat\u2019s proliferation, especially into daily life, is fairly new; there are people in the world who have probably never used video chat, and some who never will<\/a>. But for those of us of a certain age and a certain technological persuasion, there\u2019s really nothing holding us back from video chat except ourselves.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve already covered the awkwardness of seeing and hearing yourself from an external point of view \u2014 the physical discomforts \u2014 but some people also stress over social discomfort. Most stem from the fact that video chat is new, and the social guidelines and niceties we have for other technologies, especially other forms of communication, haven\u2019t been codified or standardized yet.<\/p>\n

This problem isn\u2019t new, though. When the telephone was first developed, the two forerunning inventors couldn\u2019t even agree on a greeting to initiate a conversation. Thomas Edison championed \u201cHello.\u201d Alexander Graham Bell insisted on \u201cAhoy.<\/a>\u201d Edison may have won out, but now that the whole world uses telephones, there\u2019s an encouraging amount of variation out there<\/a>. The point is, every new technology has its own set of rules, and it’s up to the users to validate those rules. Video chat\u2019s rules are still in flux. Don\u2019t take that as a problem. See it as the freedom to make your own rules.<\/p>\n

So where do you look<\/a> when you\u2019re chatting? How do you say goodbye or exit gracefully? What happens if audio drops in the middle of a presentation? Stay calm, do what feels right, and don\u2019t forget to laugh a little. It\u2019s not necessary to impress people every time you video chat. Just be yourself and have fun.<\/p>\n

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We hope this has helped you look at video chatting in a new light and assuaged some of your fears about starting out. Have more questions about how video chat can benefit you? Visit us at support.paltalk.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Follow us on\u00a0\"\"\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>\"\"Twitter<\/a>\u00a0for more about video chat. Like this article? Share with your Pals!<\/span><\/em><\/small><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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