Comment by kaashif

It feels great when I'm talking to someone and they're so interested that they can't wait to ask questions. It's not even really interrupting (as in talking over me), it's often just looking like they're going to speak, and I yield. And vice versa.

I feel that constant feedback is useful to keep the conversation going in a productive direction.

Interrupting is much easier in person though, you can just look like you're going to say something and the other person will pause. It can even be just an intake of breath. Over Zoom it's much harder.

Sometimes when someone's speaking over Zoom I find myself about to say something, but then I don't, because the other person couldn't pick up the cues and pause. I only realised I do this because someone in a meeting room with me (with other participants on Zoom) actually picked up the cues and asked me if I wanted to say something.

I now find myself signaling I want to interrupt (breathing in, cocking my head) during a Zoom call very often, only to catch myself. I can't bring myself to actually interrupt someone, but in person they would've stopped and I would've interjected. I wonder how often I was doing that.