Today I was on a Zoom call with seven other faculty members. We were working together on a research proposal for the National Science Foundation on ways to improve online communication.
At one point, a faculty member suggested that he and one or two others form a breakout room, so they could work together on a particular part of the proposal. Someone else said “I know how to create breakout rooms in Zoom. I’ll do it.”
About a minute later I got an alert on my screen inviting me to the breakout room. “How nice,” I thought. “The two of them want me to join them in working on that part of the proposal.” So I clicked “accept”.
I immediately found myself in the Zoom breakout room, along with all of the other faculty members. Every one of us had received the invitation, and every one of us had clicked “accept”. We had simply moved the entire meeting from one place on Zoom to another.
When we realized where we were, we all started laughing. Somebody suggested that we send the NSF a video of what had just happened. That would surely convince them, if anything would, that more research is needed.