How a district council meeting became a YouTube hit

Bezirksratsitzung NZ YouTube Viral Video

Hier wird gearbeitet: Ein Screenshot des Videos aus Neuseeland, mit dem sich Menschen weltweit für zwei Stunden von ihrer Umgebung "abmelden". Source: Barkhausen

More than 300,000 people from around the world have viewed the Zoom meeting of a New Zealand district council meeting on YouTube. However, the video does not owe its success to its exciting content. Rather, many use it as an excuse to avoid other business meetings, family, work colleagues, or chores.



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