Some people say they use recordings of random Zoom meetings they found on YouTube to look busy. "This meeting has been of more use to me than any other meeting at work," read one YouTube comment. AdvertisementPeople trying to dodge work and avoid small talk have been turning to an unlikely tool — pretending to be in a meeting by playing Zoom recordings they found on YouTube. In 2020 and 2021, organizations like the software company GitLab and the City of Santa Fe uploaded videos of their Zoom meetings on YouTube. Students are also using Zoom recordings of online classes to escape their parents.

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