cameradark
/ˈkæmrəˌdɑːk/adjectiveVerified NewDescribing attendance at a video meeting with the camera switched off.
Camera-dark attendance began as bandwidth and became a stance: an invisible audience with visible opinions. Meetings now carry a covert census of tiles and initials, and requests to "go on camera" are read as loyalty checks rather than communication needs.
Etym. — camera + dark, on the naval "dark" (running without radio): a deliberate shutdown of the channel.
Rel. — tileburbs
Novelty check: NEW · checked 2026-11-08
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