Poll: What bothers you most about online conferences?
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Sep 28, 2025

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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 14:13
Član (2007)
engleski na portugalski
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Other (4 of the above) Sep 28, 2025

Time zone differences
Lack of real networking opportunities
Screen fatigue
Harder to stay focused


Luca Adie
Maria Laura Curzi
 
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Lingua 5B
Lingua 5B  Identity Verified
Bosna i Hercegovina
Local time: 15:13
engleski na francuski
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Poor Sep 28, 2025

They are poorly structured and boring, also easily forgotten (the content) because our brains need spatial aspects to support our memory.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
Luca Adie
Luca Adie
Njemačka
Local time: 15:13
njemački na engleski
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... Sep 28, 2025

I find them rather boring as all the information can be found elsewhere.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
Maria Laura Curzi
Jorge Payan
 
IrinaN (X)
IrinaN (X)
Sjedinjene Američke Države
Local time: 08:13
engleski na ruski
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I guess I misread the question Sep 28, 2025

I was thinking about online conference assignments Removing.

 
Daryo
Daryo
Local time: 14:13
srpski na engleski
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Nothing Sep 28, 2025

Nothing ... as I ignore them.

IrinaN (X)
 
Jennifer Levey
Jennifer Levey  Identity Verified
Čile
Local time: 10:13
španjolski na engleski
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Everything ... Sep 28, 2025

... so I ignore them.

IrinaN (X)
 
Oscar Núñez Alfaro
Oscar Núñez Alfaro  Identity Verified
Kostarika
Local time: 07:13
Član (Oct 2026)
engleski na španjolski
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It is definitely the screen fatigue! Sep 29, 2025

I really like the online conferences. It is an excellent way to be updated with the new technologies and trends in the industry. It can be really hard to get access to that information if you are not living in the U.S. and Europe, and attend to physical events can be also expensive.

On the other hand, there is something very difficult to deal with online conferences, which is the screen fatigue. I would suggest establishing online conferences no more than 3 hours a day in order to
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I really like the online conferences. It is an excellent way to be updated with the new technologies and trends in the industry. It can be really hard to get access to that information if you are not living in the U.S. and Europe, and attend to physical events can be also expensive.

On the other hand, there is something very difficult to deal with online conferences, which is the screen fatigue. I would suggest establishing online conferences no more than 3 hours a day in order to not get bored and exhausted.
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Maria Laura Curzi
Maria Laura Curzi  Identity Verified
Argentina
Local time: 10:13
engleski na španjolski
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Poll not found Sep 29, 2025

What a pity I missed this one, I would have liked to know the results.

I usually don't connect here during the weekends. I'm not the type who likes any "workation" or whatever it is. My weekends (they last only 2 days) are for relaxing, recharging batteries, going out, spending quality time with family and friends, and, most of all, having a lot of fun.

Which is, by the way, the totally opposite of any online conference.


 
Jennifer Levey
Jennifer Levey  Identity Verified
Čile
Local time: 10:13
španjolski na engleski
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Guess what ...? Another Proz bug. Sep 29, 2025

Maria Laura Curzi wrote:
What a pity I missed this one, I would have liked to know the results.


The 'Archived Polls' list seems not to allow the archiving of more than one poll on any given date.

The 'What bothers you most about online conferences?' poll was dated 28 sep, as was the 'Have you ever taken a “workation”' poll.

Maybe if we were bombarded with fewer AI-related polls there'd be more days available for polls that risk actually being of interest to members.


Daryo
 


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