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<p class="drop-cap">For a long time, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/reddit">Reddit</a> felt like it wasn't a place for everyone. Not that everyone couldn't be there — it's free to join, completely anonymous, and you can lurk without an account — but it was also a weird, sometimes dark little corner of the internet, probably closer to 4chan than Instagram. It was a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-new-content-policy-2015-7">bastion of free speech</a> but <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-ceo-said-racism-is-okay-2018-4">one that could get ugly</a>, something that Reddit leadership <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-war-users-community-free-speech-ellen-pao-victoria-taylor-2015-7">struggled to define and defend</a>. The interface was tricky to navigate for those not in the know.</p><p>Nowadays, Reddit is a different — and more mainstream — beast. It's spent the past several years <a target="_blank" href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/19/reddit-and-the-struggle-to-detoxify-the-internet">cleaning itself up</a>. It's banned controversial subreddits and made the platform a more pleasant, user-friendly place to be. As its cofounder and CEO Steve Huffman told <a target="_blank" href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/19/reddit-and-the-struggle-to-detoxify-the-internet">The New Yorker in 2018</a>, the platform worked to get its "shit together."</p><p>Moderators of individual subreddits — users that manage communities and enforce their content rules — still run much of the show but under a tighter set of policies. The moderators are pretty good at keeping their own houses in order, and in a landscape where AI spam is making it increasingly hard to figure out what's authentic information, Reddit's community-driven content and policing shine. Real, actual, live human beings are talking to each other, which, on balance, is good.</p>          <p>This broadening of the platform has also been reflected in the business. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reddits-ipo-set-to-take-front-page-of-internet-public-2024-3">Reddit went public</a> earlier this year at a $6.4 billion valuation, and last quarter, the 20-year-old company turned a profit for the first time in its history. Reddit lovers and noobs are flocking to the site, thanks in part to the Google gods. The search platform is <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-reddit-is-taking-over-google-right-now-2024-4">prioritizing Reddit's results</a>. There's speculation that it has to do with the companies' $60 million <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/google/comments/1ax1nyh/reddit_has_struck_a_60_million_deal_with_google/">deal</a> to let Google use Reddit's data to train its AI, though both deny that's the case.</p><p>Normal people — or, rather, people who aren't so steeped in online culture — are also seeking Reddit out. If you've recently found yourself inputting whatever search term and then tacking "reddit" onto the end of the search, you're not alone: On the company's most recent earnings call in October, Huffman said it's the sixth-most-Googled term in the United States this year.</p><p>"Those are people literally typing the word Reddit into Google," Huffman said. "So they know they're going to end up on it. They're using, in this case, Google to navigate Reddit."</p><p>In other words, Reddit is a little bit <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-search-getting-worse-spam-affiliate-links-duckduckgo-bing-2024-1">the new Google</a>. And while people may not be heading in droves to Reddit to search directly, the hope is — at least on Reddit's end — that they someday will.</p><p>It's not just Google. Other tech platforms' missteps have become some of Reddit's gains. As Twitter has become a worse, uglier forum for discourse, Reddit has emerged as an alternative for users and advertisers alike. People are increasingly <a target="_blank" href="https://www.vox.com/technology/23962999/best-product-reviews-shopping-reddit">using Reddit to find reviews</a> instead of turning to places such as Amazon, where the review section is often flooded with fakes. It's also becoming a more trusted place for reliable information — even <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/10/white-house-reddit-disinformation/680220/">the White House is using it to combat misinformation</a>.</p><p>Basically, if you want to get honest opinions about a crockpot you're considering or get a sense of what recovery from a medical treatment might be like based on real-life experiences, Reddit is becoming the place to go for more people, including people who would have shied away just a few years ago.</p><p class="drop-cap">For those not paying close attention, Reddit's most recent earnings report was a bit of a "Wait, what?" moment. Its <a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/reddit-stock-skyrockets-earnings-beat-ai-growth-revenue-huffman-2024-10">stock popped</a> after the company announced that its revenue had jumped by 68% and its daily active users increased by 47% compared to a year ago. Revenue from ads was up, as was cash from other areas — namely, Reddit licensing its data to train AI.</p><p>Much of the boost in eyeballs appears to be coming from people who are relatively new to Reddit or who don't have accounts. Reddit's daily active users who are logged in to their account is up 27%, but that metric is up by 70% for people who are logged out. This is a bit of a risky proposition for Reddit — Wall Street and advertisers are more focused on that logged-in number because, <a target="_blank" href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/reddit-traffic-google-search-growth.html">as John Herrman at New York Magazine points out</a>, the Google algorithm can always shift against you, shutting off the traffic spigot. But for the purposes of looking at what's going on with consumers, the story is pretty clear: Lots of people are landing on Reddit more often, many of whom are casual browsers.</p><p>"It has gone from kind of a fringy and kind of, 'I'm not sure about it,' to very mainstream, and it's showing up in the numbers," said Mark Lehmann, the CEO of Citizens JMP Securities, one of the banks to help take Reddit public. He added that given how quickly the platform has grown and "monetized things even faster than people thought, I think it shows you the power of the leverage of the brand and the legitimization."</p><p>To be clear, Reddit is still pretty small compared to other social-media sites. As <a target="_blank" href="https://affiliate.insider.com?h=e1355fc23cfc066980304c13aa726ac457ef26acf9ae7b17eddf693d740d7560&amp;postID=672a7cbbd057d3e5c5c4df84&amp;postSlug=reddit-mainstream-google-traffic-stock-revenue-human-users-2024-11&amp;site=bi&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theinformation.com%2Farticles%2Fwhy-reddits-explosive-growth-could-last">Anita Ramaswamy at the Information notes</a>, Snap has over 400 million daily users, and Meta has 3 billion across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, whereas Reddit has 97 million. Reddit's growing fast, though, and it's got a lot of room to grow. Marcel Hollerbach, the cofounder and chief innovation officer of Productsup, an e-commerce software company, compared Reddit's potential growth to that of Amazon.</p><p>"When you look at product searches, they tended to start primarily on Google, and nowadays Amazon actually has more product-search-related traffic than Google has," he said. "I would assume that, I mean, it's a matter of time until people figure out that probably if they're searching for a conversation around something or they want real user feedback and not just like a Wikipedia page or something, they might directly start engaging with Reddit."</p><p class="drop-cap">Reddit's recent ascendance was not a foregone conclusion. I won't dive into the site's full history, but let's just say it's had its fair share of controversies and upheavals, including over-greenlighting some <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-bans-r-fatpeoplehate-the-community-furious-ellen-pao-2015-6">pretty gross subreddits</a>, being a home for<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/new-jennifer-lawrence-nude-photos-on-reddit-2014-9"> leaked nude celebrity photos</a>, and allowing a fair amount of racist, sexist, offensive, and even potentially illegal content to run rampant. It's also dealt with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-blackout-48-hour-what-you-need-to-know-2023-6">revolts</a> from users and moderators. Even if you're not aware of the specifics of the fuss around Reddit, for a lot of people, it just had a reputation as being off the beaten path. In many ways, that's a positive — it gave space for people to anonymously have real conversations and engage with niche communities they might not find anywhere else. But there were also, as mentioned, some downsides.</p><p>Part of what's happened with Reddit is that it's grown up. In terms of moderation, it's not perfect, but no one can even agree on what perfect is. If it wants to keep growing — and be on the public markets — there's a level of maturity that is necessary. Scott Kessler, the global sector lead of technology, media, and telecommunications at Third Bridge Group, pointed to the takeoff of r/WallStreetBets and the subsequent attention to the subreddit, especially during <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wallstreetbets-gamestop-nathaniel-popper-book-excerpt-2024-6">the GameStop short squeeze</a>, as a recent touchpoint that helped push Reddit into the mainstream. As much as WSB was treated as fringe at the time, it became much less so, especially after the media caught on.</p>          <p>Two more things have caught people's attention when it comes to possible growth and performance: AI and data licensing and machine translation into other languages. Reddit isn't just reaching more people in the US, it's reaching more people everywhere. Going public, for Reddit, has entailed becoming a more welcoming place for users as well as for investors, Kessler said. If you're hosting a subreddit where illegal activity's going on, it's very different to deal with it as a private company than a public one.</p><p>"If you're public and these things come out, I mean, that could start having an impact on your market cap. And so that obviously will make a whole host of stakeholders unhappy," he said. It's not dissimilar to PayPal clamping down on gambling transactions in the early 2000s.</p><p class="drop-cap">Not everyone is thrilled with the normie-zation of Reddit. Jessica Melton, a 33-year-old longtime Redditor in Seattle, told me that it took a while for her to get the hang of Reddit when her then "self-proclaimed nerd" boyfriend introduced her to it in high school. But then, she felt like it helped her become her own person. It's where she found tips for approaching her first gynecological appointment, how she discovered she had a relatively common skin-picking disorder, why she decided to go to therapy, and how she navigated being the first among her friends to become a mom. She likes that there's more moderation now because there were some "really disgusting subreddits," but she also misses some of the specificity and smallness of the old days.</p><p>"There's way more ads, more sponsored stuff, more influencers in general, too," she said. "I have noticed more brands posting and pretending not to be a brand, and it's really obvious for people who have been on Reddit for a while. And it's annoying."</p><p>To some extent, it's impossible to keep it too weird while becoming mainstream, and there's some specialness that's inevitably lost with growth. What's been gained isn't all good, either. Many of the factors that have driven people away from other platforms, whether it be Amazon or Instagram or Google, are things to which Reddit isn't immune. AI bots can talk on Reddit. Brands can overrun it. Just as search engine optimization operations have gotten good at gaming Google, they can likely do it on Reddit, too.</p><p>Perhaps right now, Reddit's in almost a sweet spot: not so big that it's completely ruined by corporatization, not so niche and unwieldy that it's a hellscape. It's part social media, part search engine, part just a place for real answers, or as close to real as you're going to get on the internet today.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/author/emily-stewart"><em>Emily Stewart</em></a><em> is a senior correspondent at Business Insider, writing about business and the economy.</em></p>

How Reddit went from a weird corner of the web to everyone's favorite digital hangout

<ul class="summary-list"><li>My daughter is in first grade and also attends extracurricular activities. </li><li>I'm always looking at my phone because of notifications from school or the parent group chat. </li></ul><p><span>It's taken me some time to realize but I have been </span><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/efficient-phone-routine-morning-2019-3"><span>checking my phone </span></a><span>every 30 minutes. No, it's not infinite scrolling — it's mostly because I am a parent to a first grader, and I don't have much choice.</span></p><p><span>Schools, </span><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/yale-university-clubs-organizations-competitive-hard-participate-2024-1"><span>extracurricular activity</span></a><span> places, and the parents of my daughter's friends are all digitally savvy, so I have to be as well. But it's starting to take a toll on me. </span></p><h2 id="99ed19b7-9e37-4d61-95ee-e8afe8d1de30"><span>I look before she's even out of the house</span></h2><p><span>Before our daughter sets off for school, my husband and I check the phone every few minutes. There's a school </span><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apps-changing-the-way-we-travel-2015-6"><span>bus tracking system</span></a><span> that lets us know where exactly the bus is and when it will arrive at our house so we can track it. It's the same when it's time for her to get back home. I keep checking the phone to decide when I should start walking toward our gate to pick her up.</span></p><p><span>As the day's activities take over, the phone buzzes in between to let us know of any updates from the school. Many schools use mobile apps to </span><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/social-media-high-school-reunion-planning-committee-2023-11"><span>communicate with parents</span></a><span>. Sometimes, it is about class notes, and at other times, it is about the homework for the day. Of course, there are other updates on any upcoming events in the school. </span></p><p><span>If that was not enough, the parents of the </span><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/virginia-first-grade-teacher-dressed-up-black-history-month-2020-2"><span>first grade class</span></a><span> decided to set up their own text group. Although this unofficial group was set up to connect, collaborate, and communicate, it sometimes became a rant-fest. </span></p><p><span>There may be times when I wonder if I should exit from the group. But then FOMO kicks in. What if I miss something important that could be useful for my daughter? What if I want to reach out to another parent? What if I am judged for not participating? </span></p><p><span>Instagram scrolling has also taken a toll on me. I get excited each time I see a new reel or update from the school. I am eager to validate that we have made the right choice regarding her school. The teachers had a workshop to integrate art into their teaching methods? That's useful information for me to know. </span></p><h2 id="c6b8b99e-d66d-484c-88b8-44591016d313"><span>It's not any better on the weekends</span></h2><p><span>You'd think my digital well-being is better over the weekend without school. But guess what? My daughter has an active social life, and if she is invited to a birthday party, it's usually an online invitation. So then I'm sucked again into my phone to confirm the time and address of where we need to go. </span></p><p><span>She also participates in extracurricular activities. Ballet and karate may seem to be on opposite ends of the spectrum, but they have something in common which is the same methods of communication — text messages. And so, once again, I'm staring at my screen again. </span></p><p><span>There are times when I am tempted to reduce my phone usage. But then I ask myself, will I be less of a good parent if I do? For now, I'll keep checking my phone ever 30 minutes to make sure my kid is not left out of any activity, party, or school assignment. </span></p>

I have digital overload from parenting a first grader. School, friend hangouts, and extracurriculars are all managed on my phone.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Most afternoons, my backyard is a hangout spot for kids in my neighborhood. </li><li>And it's not just my backyard — other houses on my block participate, too. </li></ul><p>On any given afternoon, when I look in my backyard, I'll see multiple kids who aren't mine. In addition to my own two children, plenty of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/unsupervised-play-outdoors-kids-neighborhood-benefits-2024-5">neighborhood kids come by to play</a>. If my kids are inside, they may knock on the door to see if they can play. In fact, this happens so often that we put a doorbell at our back door.</p><p>It's a nice setup. My kids get play dates without us having to schedule or drive anyone, and more often than not, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/parenting-letting-kids-wrestle-get-dirty-rules-2024-7">everyone plays by the rules</a>. That's the main point, of course. If you don't, you go home. (And no one, especially the kids, wants that.) Adults often stop by to chat, too, which is also nice for me; our backyard has become something of a neighborhood hangout.</p><h2 id="0373c185-ac28-4fdf-8194-2689472566d4">There are rules, and all the kids have to follow them</h2><p>It's simple enough: everyone needs to be having fun. If someone asks you to stop what you're doing, you stop. There's no disrespect allowed, and it's understood that kids listen to the parents of the house.</p><p>Other parents on my block also let kids come by to play, and each household (and yard) may have <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mom-provides-childcare-different-rules-kids-tension-2024-7">slightly different rules</a>. For instance, we have digging areas. (We have kid-sized shovels, and there are holes all over designated areas where the kids are allowed to dig. They are not, however, allowed to dig where the internet wire is buried.) They stay in our backyard, the fence gates stay closed at all times (lest a chicken escape), and they know to keep indoor toys inside and outdoor toys outside.</p><p>The neighbors don't have shovels and don't have to deal with holes, either. That's their prerogative. They do, however, have a regular sprinkler going on hot days, which means the kids usually come home muddy when they've been in that yard. As long as it's fun and allowed at that household, my spouse and I are good with it, too.</p><p>If my kids are disrespectful, they go inside. However, I don't make neighbor kids leave when this happens; they may be upset about the flow of play being interrupted, but otherwise, they are free to continue their games.</p><p>Parents regularly text each other for check-ins, and I'm lucky enough to have a giant window that allows me to see multiple backyards.</p><h2 id="357d337e-7cf3-4fb7-9736-ab4d17205dcf">It's a great setup for all kids of all ages</h2><p>In total, there are nine kids on the block, and some are too young to play unsupervised just yet. But the younger kids tag along <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/single-moms-mommune-mothers-coliving-together-2024-2">with their parents</a>, and everyone gets included at one point of another, and it also means they can intermingle with different ages. My 7-year-old plays with our direct neighbor, who is 2. My 5-year-old is besties with a 1-year-old who lives down the street, and so on. They have plenty of fun with kids their own age, but find such joy in playing with littles, too.</p><p>It's also a great time for us parents, who socialize in the yards. Because everything is unplanned, there's no pressure to be there on time or even to be presentable. More often than not, I'm in muddy garden clothes or a ratty T-shirt. It's chill family fun for all ages. Our <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/widow-raising-young-daughter-taught-much-about-life-2024-7">retired widower</a> also comes out to chat when the weather is nice; we always love to have him as part of the group.</p><p>It's so nice to be friends with all our neighbors, and with busy schedules, it's an easy way to catch up with those around us. Often, our unplanned, spur-of-the-moment social events are some of the best nights of all.</p><p>Living near our friends allows us <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-working-moms-afford-childcare-nanny-sharing-co-parenting-ymca-2023-1">parents to plan together</a>, carpool, and more. For instance, we signed our kids up for the same VBS and swimming lesson sessions so we could help each other with rides. We also knew a friendly face would be there for our kids. In the meantime, we are making lifelong friends, planning for future fun together, and living our best lives.</p>

Our backyard is a free-for-all hangout spot for neighborhood kids. Everyone follows the same simple rules, or they go home.

<ul><li><keyword id="1327642" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="google-calendar" source="Orion">Google Calendar</keyword> is adding a button that will let users chat with meeting attendees with a single click.</li><li>The chat button will feature next to the list of attendees in a Calendar event.</li><li>Users can start a chat before, during, or after the meeting with the attendees.</li></ul>Tech giant <keyword id="6355629" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="google" source="Orion">Google</keyword> is adding a new button to the Google Calendar events on mobile and the web that will immediately open a chat with meeting attendees.<br /><br />The company launched its rebranded version of Hangouts Chat to customers earlier this year and has slowly added more features to the main Gmail landing page, including its Zoom-like <keyword id="4237083" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="google-meet" source="Orion">Google Meet</keyword> video chat.<br /><br />The new Chat button appears next to the attendee list in a Calendar event, reports The Verge.<br /><br />Previously, Google only offered the ability to email attendees about a meeting, but since the company has closely integrated Chats and Gmail — seemingly to popularize Chats — this new addition makes sense.<br /><br />Users can start a chat before, during, or after the meeting with attendees, and the feature will be toggled on by default.<br /><br />According to the report, the automatic group chats "only (apply) to participants within your organisation, external attendees are not included in the chat group", Google writes in a post.<br /><br />The new button will make lives a lot easier for those who add a lot of events to their calendar throughout the day, reports XDA Developers.<br /><br /><strong>SEE ALSO:<br /></strong><h2 style="margin-bottom: 8px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: LabGrotesque-Black, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; order: 3; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></h2><h2 style="margin-bottom: 8px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: LabGrotesque-Black, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; order: 3; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a class="list-title-link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/how-to/how-to-download-and-install-ipados-15-on-your-ipad/articleshow/86467748.cms">How to download and install iPadOS 15 on your iPad</a></h2><h2 style="margin-bottom: 8px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: LabGrotesque-Black, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a class="list-title-link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/how-to/how-to-check-which-iphone-model-you-have-and-find-your-exact-model-number/articleshow/86466143.cms">How to check which iPhone model you have, and find your exact model number</a></h2>

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<p><strong></strong></p><ul class="summary-list"><li><strong>To schedule a <keyword id="4237083" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="google-meet">Google Meet</keyword> appointment, you can use your Google Calendar, the Meet website, <keyword id="51500" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Gmail">Gmail</keyword>, or the mobile app.</strong></li><li><strong>You can schedule a Google Meet appointment for the future, or start one immediately.</strong></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/google-meet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google Meet</a> — the latest version of <keyword id="1549137" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Google-Hangouts">Google Hangouts</keyword> — is a premium video conferencing service for Google <keyword id="3703875" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="G-suite">G Suite</keyword> subscribers.</p><p>If you're a G Suite user, you can use <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/google-meet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google Meet</a> to schedule meetings with friends or colleagues. And like most Google products, Google gives you multiple ways to do this.</p><p>Here's how to schedule a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/google-meet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google Meet</a> appointment, using any internet browser on your Mac or PC.</p><h3><strong>Check out the products mentioned in this article:</strong></h3><h4><a href="http://apple.sjv.io/c/196318/435031/7613?subId1=biipgf_122917_best-macbooks&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apple.com%2Fshop%2Fbuy-mac%2Fmacbook-pro-pro" rel="nofollow noopener nofollow">Apple Macbook Pro (From $1,299.00 at Apple)</a></h4><h4><a href="https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=35871X943606&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2FHDMI-RAM-3-7GHz-Windows-130-4GB-Notebook-Bluetooth-Display-AMD-Wi-Fi-Home-Upto-10-Lenovo-Dual-Core-SSD-Card-DVDRW-IdeaPad-256GB-Reader-HD-15-6-A9-9425%2F7105106980698" rel="nofollow noopener nofollow nofollow">Lenovo IdeaPad 130 (From $469.99 at Walmart)</a></h4><h2><strong>How to schedule a future Google Meet using Google Calendar</strong></h2><p>If you want to schedule Google Meet for some time in the future, you can do that using Google Calendar, which lets you schedule a meeting and turn it into a Meet appointment.</p><p><strong>1. </strong>Open Google Calendar in a web browser on your Mac or PC, and log into your Google account.</p><p><strong>2. </strong>Create a meeting in the usual way: Click a timeslot in the calendar and fill out the pop-up form that appears. Enter a name for the meeting, and fine-tune the time and date if needed. </p><p><div type="image" title="How to schedule Google Meet 1" height="1760" width="2045" msid="76165462" hostid="261"></div></p><p><strong>3. </strong>Complete any other details, including inviting other attendees. </p><p><strong>4. </strong>Click "Add Google Meet video conferencing."</p><p><strong>5. </strong>After the Google Meet details appear, you can click it to see and copy the meeting ID, in case you need to share the invite with other attendees not already added. </p><p><div type="image" title="How to schedule Google Meet 2" height="1623" width="2046" msid="76165464" hostid="261"></div></p><p><strong>6. </strong>Click "Save."</p><h2><strong>How to start a Google Meet immediately</strong></h2><p>If you want to start a Google Meet right away, you can do that in a variety of ways, including through Gmail, the Google Meet web page, and the Meet mobile app. </p><ul><li>In Gmail, click "Start a meeting" in the "Meet" section of the navigation pane on the left side of the page. After the Meet window opens, click "Join now." Meet will display details you can share with other attendees, such as the meeting ID and a dial-in phone number. </li></ul><p><div type="image" title="How to schedule Google Meet 3" height="1233" width="1711" msid="76165466" hostid="261"></div></p><ul><li>On the <a href="https://meet.google.com/_meet?authuser=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google Meet webpage</a>, click "Join or start a meeting" and click "Continue" without entering anything in the text box. After the Meet window opens, click "Join now." Meet will display details you can share with other attendees, such as the meeting ID and a dial-in phone number. </li><li>Using the Meet mobile app, tap "New meeting." 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<ul><li>Google, SpaceX, Standard Chartered have banned employees from using Zoom.</li><li>Zoom has become one of the most popular video conferencing apps amid the Coronavirus pandemic.</li><li>Standard Chartered has banned both Zoom and Google Hangouts for its employees.</li></ul>The Coronavirus pandemic has pushed people to work from home and conduct meetings via video conferencing. It hence comes as no surprise that apps like Zoom witnessed a massive surge in usage.  Along with popularity, Zoom has been the target of controversies over security issues.<br /><br />As per a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/researchers-found-and-bought-more-than-500000-zoom-passwords-on-the-dark-web-for-less-than-a-cent-each/articleshow/75138495.cms">report</a>, over half a million Zoom accounts are available on the dark web for less than a cent each. Apart from this, Zoom Bombing, which is basically crashing a digital meeting has also become quite common. <br /><br />Zoom CEO Eric Yuan <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/zoom-admits-calls-got-mistakenly-routed-through-china/articleshow/75014688.cms">recently admitted</a> that some calls were erroneously routed via China.<br /><br />Several companies and organisations have now started asking their employees to stop using video conferencing services such as Zoom and Google Hangouts to communicate.<br /><br /><strong>Companies that have banned Zoom<br /></strong><br /><ul><li>Google has banned Zoom for all its employees, and they have been asked to use the company's Duo service.</li><li>Standard Chartered has become the first major bank that has asked its employees to stop using Zoom.</li><li>Elon Musk-led SpaceX has banned its employees from using Zoom.</li></ul><strong>Government organisations that have banned Zoom<br /></strong><br /><ul><li>Taiwan banned the use of Zoom for all the government agencies.</li><li>The German Foreign Ministry has restricted the usage of Zoom to only emergency situations in personal computers.</li><li>The Australian Defence Force has banned the use of Zoom after a comedian Zoom bombed its meeting.</li><li>NASA has banned all its employees from using Zoom.</li><li>The United States Senate advised its members to use platforms other than Zoom.</li><li>Singapore banned schools from using Zoom after obscene images appeared on screen during a geography lesson.</li><li>New York City banned schools from using Zoom citing security concerns.</li></ul>In addition to Zoom, Standard Chartered also banned Google Hangouts for its employees.<br /><br /><strong>See also:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/researchers-found-and-bought-more-than-500000-zoom-passwords-on-the-dark-web-for-less-than-a-cent-each/articleshow/75138495.cms">Researchers found and bought more than 500,000 Zoom passwords on the dark web for less than a cent each</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/international/article/zoom-bombing-has-become-a-popular-form-of-trolling-during-quarantine-in-many-cases-it-may-be-illegal-according-to-experts-/articleshow/75145869.cms">Zoom-bombing has become a popular form of trolling during quarantine. In many cases, it may be illegal, according to experts.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/news/zoom-is-giving-paid-users-more-control-over-where-their-calls-are-routed-after-it-got-slammed-for-mistakenly-using-data-centers-in-china/articleshow/75131042.cms">Zoom is giving paid users more control over where their calls are routed, after it got slammed for 'mistakenly' using data centers in China</a></strong><br />

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><strong>Up to 150 people can participate in a <keyword id="6355629" type="DEFINITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="google">Google</keyword> Hangout, though a video call is limited to 25 participants.</strong></li><li><strong>The 10 participants who are currently most active on a group Hangout will be displayed at the bottom of the Hangout screen.</strong></li><li><strong>People can join a Hangouts session via Gmail, the Hangouts mobile app, the Hangouts site directly, and with a Chrome extension.</strong></li></ul><p>With <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/google-hangouts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google Hangouts</a>, a large group of people can be connected despite distance and different types of hardware. </p><p>A Hangouts session can consist of chatting, audio calls, live video, or a blend of all these options. </p><p>Video Hangouts calls can be shared by up to 25 people, while as many as 150 participants can come together for a text-based meeting.<em> </em></p><p>To start a Hangouts session with a group of people from your computer, follow these steps.</p><h2>How to start a Google Hangout </h2><p><strong>1. </strong>Go to <a href="https://hangouts.google.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://hangouts.google.com</a> on your <keyword id="62949" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="MaC">Mac</keyword> or <keyword id="6365259" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="PC">PC</keyword>.</p><p><strong>2. </strong>Click on the Contacts icon at the left side of your screen.</p><div type="image" title="How many people can be in a Google Hangout" height="1312" width="2312" msid="79273202" hostid="261"></div><p><strong>3. </strong>Click "New conversation," then click "New group."</p><p><strong>4. </strong>Add each contact you want included, then click the checkmark icon to create the group. </p><p>You will now have a text Hangouts window created. At the top of that window is a camera icon which can be used to initiate a video call with the group. </p><p>During a Hangouts call, you can add new participants by sending an invite via the icon of a plus symbol (+) beside a  person.</p><div type="image" title="How many people can be in a Google Hangout" height="1326" width="2344" msid="79273204" hostid="261"></div><p>On mobile, you can start a Hangout by tapping the plus symbol in the green circle at the bottom right of the app, and then reach out to a single contact or create a group. The plus symbol person icon can also be used to add people to the session in real time when using the app.</p><h2><strong>Related coverage from <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-reference" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tech Reference</a>:</strong></h2><ul><li><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-use-google-hangouts-on-iphone">How to use Google Hangouts on your iPhone to start calls and messages, including group conversations</a></h3></li><li><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-share-screen-on-google-hangouts">How to share your screen on Google Hangouts, and make your next meeting more efficient</a></h3></li><li><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-record-google-hangouts">How to record a Google Hangouts session to watch it later or share it with others</a></h3></li><li><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-block-someone-on-google-hangouts">How to block someone on Google Hangouts on your computer or mobile device</a></h3></li><li><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-use-google-hangouts">How to set up and use Google Hangouts, Google's free phone call and video chat service, on desktop or mobile</a></h3></li></ul>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><strong>You can adjust the <keyword id="47814" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="volume">volume</keyword> on a <keyword id="1549137" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Google-Hangouts">Google Hangouts</keyword> call simply by adjusting the volume of the device you're using — there's no volume button in <keyword id="6355629" type="DEFINITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="google">Google</keyword> Hangouts itself. </strong></li><li>Google Hangouts does let you mute and unmute yourself within the platform, which stops all participants from hearing anything from your end.</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/google-hangouts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google Hangouts</a> is one of Google's many communication apps. Unlike others, however, Hangouts prioritizes video chatting over all else. This is useful if you want to talk face-to-face with someone you're not near.</p><p>However, one of the downsides of any sort of over-the-internet calling is that no one ever seems to know how loud they're speaking. And while you could keep adjusting your microphones until you hit the right volume, there's an easier method.</p><p>Here's how to adjust the volume in Google Hangouts, whether you're using the desktop app for <keyword id="62949" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="MaC">Mac</keyword> and <keyword id="6365259" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="PC">PC</keyword>, or the mobile app for iPhone and Android devices.</p><h2><strong>How to adjust the volume on a Google Hangouts call</strong></h2><p>Google Hangouts has no in-app volume control. This means that the way to change the volume in a Hangouts call is incredibly simple: just change the volume on your device.</p><p>If you're using a computer, change your computer's volume. If you're using a mobile device, change your mobile device's volume. It's that simple.</p><div type="image" title="Adjust Hangouts Volume 2" height="1480" width="720" msid="78818479" hostid="261"></div><p>If you want to change your own volume, you'll have to either leave it up to others to adjust their devices, or mute yourself. When you mute yourself, your microphone will shut off, so no sound will come from your end.</p><p>You can mute yourself in both the desktop and mobile Google Hangouts apps by tapping the microphone icon at the bottom of the screen.</p><div type="image" title="Adjust Hangouts Volume 1" height="1456" width="2580" msid="78818480" hostid="261"></div><h2><strong>Related coverage from <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-reference" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tech Reference</a>:</strong></h2><ul><li><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-turn-on-microphone-on-google-hangout">How to turn on your microphone on Google Hangouts on a computer or mobile device</a></h3></li><li><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-use-google-hangouts-on-iphone">How to use Google Hangouts on your iPhone to start calls and messages, including group conversations</a></h3></li><li><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-search-google-hangouts-chat">How to search your Google Hangouts chats to find key words or messages</a></h3></li><li><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-send-gifs-on-google-hangouts-desktop">How to send GIFs on Google Hangouts using your computer</a></h3></li><li><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-share-screen-on-google-hangouts">How to share your screen on Google Hangouts, and make your next meeting more efficient</a></h3></li></ul>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>You can turn your microphone on and off in a <keyword id="1549137" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Google-Hangouts">Google Hangouts</keyword> call by giving the app permission to access your device's microphone.</li><li>If your microphone doesn't seem to be working, make sure that it's selected in Google Hangouts' settings menu.</li><li>If you're on mute, simply tap the microphone icon at the bottom of the Hangouts call.</li></ul><p>For the most part, Google Hangouts should ask you for permission to use your microphone when you're using the platform for video or phone calls. </p><p>However, if you're having trouble getting it to work, you'll have to manually give it permission, and specify which microphone to access, if necessary.</p><p>Here's how to do that via the desktop or mobile version of Google Hangouts. </p><h3>Check out the products mentioned in this article:</h3><h4><a href="https://bestbuy.7tiv.net/c/196318/614286/10014?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuy.com%2Fsite%2Fapple-macbook-pro-13-display-with-touch-bar-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-128gb-ssd-latest-model-space-gray%2F5998700.p%3FskuId%3D5998700" rel="nofollow">MacBook Pro (From $1,299.99 at Best Buy)</a></h4><h4><a href="https://bestbuy.7tiv.net/c/196318/614286/10014?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuy.com%2Fsite%2Flenovo-ideapad-130-15-6-laptop-amd-a9-series-4gb-memory-amd-radeon-r5-128gb-solid-state-drive-black%2F6323661.p%3FskuId%3D6323661" rel="nofollow">Lenovo IdeaPad (From $299.99 at Best Buy)</a></h4><h4><a href="https://bestbuy.7tiv.net/c/196318/614286/10014?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuy.com%2Fsite%2Fapple-iphone-11-with-64gb-memory-cell-phone-unlocked-black%2F6223303.p%3FskuId%3D6223303" rel="nofollow">iPhone 11 (From $699.99 at Best Buy)</a></h4><h4><a href="https://bestbuy.7tiv.net/c/196318/614286/10014?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuy.com%2Fsite%2Fsamsung-galaxy-s10-with-128gb-memory-cell-phone-unlocked-prism-prism-black%2F6323528.p%3FskuId%3D6323528" rel="nofollow">Samsung Galaxy S10 (From $899.99 at Best Buy)</a></h4><h2>How to turn on microphone on Google Hangouts on a computer</h2><p>This works whether you're using the platform to make phone or video calls:</p><p><strong>1.</strong> Join the Hangouts call by either initiating it or accepting an invite from another user.</p><p><strong>2.</strong> Click the gear icon to open the call settings.</p><div type="image" title="How_to_turn_on_microphone_on_Google_Hangout_ _1" height="1348" width="1798" msid="78798935" hostid="261"></div><p><strong>3.</strong> Select the dropdown under the "Microphone" option and select the appropriate microphone.</p><div type="image" title="How to turn on microphone on Google Hangout   3" height="1403" width="1870" msid="78798937" hostid="261"></div><p><strong>4.</strong> Click "Done."</p><h2>How to turn on microphone on Google Hangouts on a mobile device</h2><p>You have to hit "Allow" when Hangouts asks for permission to use your microphone to record audio (or video) in order to use the app for video and phone calls.</p><div type="image" title="How to turn on microphone on Google Hangout   5" height="2220" width="1080" msid="78798938" hostid="261"></div><p>If your microphone is on mute (in either the desktop or mobile version of the platform), simply tap the microphone icon in to turn the mute function on or off.</p><div type="image" title="How to turn on microphone on Google Hangout   6" height="2220" width="1080" msid="78798939" hostid="261"></div><h2><strong>Related coverage from <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-reference" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tech Reference</a>:</strong></h2><ul><li><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/can-you-use-google-hangouts-internationally">You can use Google Hangouts internationally to connect with others abroad, but it may cost a fee</a></h3></li><li><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-use-google-hangouts-on-iphone">How to use Google Hangouts on your iPhone to start calls and messages, including group conversations</a></h3></li><li><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-search-google-hangouts-chat">How to search your Google Hangouts chats to find key words or messages</a></h3></li><li><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-send-gifs-on-google-hangouts-desktop">How to send GIFs on Google Hangouts using your computer</a></h3></li><li><h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-share-screen-on-google-hangouts">How to share your screen on Google Hangouts, and make your next meeting more efficient</a></h3></li></ul>

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<keyword id="1549137" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Google-Hangouts">Google Hangouts</keyword> is a popular communication platform from Google that allows users to communicate via messages, voice calls or video calls. Another useful feature of Google Hangouts is the ability to <keyword id="8462992" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="share-your-screen">share your screen</keyword> with others.<br /><br />Sharing your screen is useful when you want to show documents, presentations, videos or other content to others. It can also be useful for resolving problems on another person’s computer as you can walk them through the troubleshooting technical issues.<br /><br /><strong>How to share your <keyword id="8462994" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="screen-in-google-hangouts">screen in Google Hangouts</keyword><br /></strong><br />Sharing your screen in Google Hangouts is quite simple. Just follow the below steps:<br /><br /><ul><li>Open the Google Hangouts app.</li><li>Now, click on the ‘Video Call’ button.</li><li>Once you have clicked on the ‘Video Call’ button, you will be prompted to invite people to the video call.</li><li>Once you begin the video call, click on the overflow button (three dots) at the top right corner.</li><li>Now, click on ‘Share screen’.</li><li>You can select between sharing ‘Your entire screen’ or sharing an ‘Application Window’.</li><li>If you share your entire screen, everything you do on the screen, including cursor movements will be visible to the other users.</li><li>If you wish to share only an application window, you can select one of the running applications. Only that particular window will be shown to the user and you can continue working on other applications.</li><li> Once you have selected which option you want to share, you can click on the ‘Share’ button to start screen sharing.</li><li>You will get a prompt saying that you are currently sharing your screen.</li><li>Once you are done, you can click on the ‘Stop’ button to stop sharing your screen.</li></ul><strong>See also:<br /></strong><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/how-to-record-a-google-hangouts-session-to-watch-it-later-or-share-it-with-others/articleshow/71267893.cms">How to record a Google Hangouts session to watch it later or share it with others</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/how-to-block-someone-on-google-hangouts-on-your-computer-or-mobile-device/articleshow/71172800.cms">How to block someone on Google Hangouts on your computer or mobile device</a><br /><br /><br />

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