I& #39;m hearing more & more tales of students hating breakout rooms. Anyone got alternatives?

I want to facilitate conversation, and decentralise my voice and knowledge creation in the room, and I don& #39;t want to force participation/cam on/mic on... https://thetab.com/uk/2020/10/16/break-out-rooms-are-the-actual-worst-part-of-being-a-student-in-2020-178590">https://thetab.com/uk/2020/1...

Part of me wants to point out that seminars are often rife with awkward social dynamics, online or offline, and that digital spaces are exacerbating this... but I also don& #39;t want to dismiss the discomfort their expressing about breakout rooms in particular...

Quick update. Just came out of a 2 hour seminar where we chatted in main room, used whiteboards, watched videos, debated, talked about our history, talked on mic & in the chat. No breakout rooms needed! It was engaged and fascinating... Might just phase out breakouts for a bit...