# What if I didn't connect my camera on the desktop but still want to let other people know I'm in?

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**Created:** [February 27, 2024, 7:07am UTC](https://janus.discourse.group/t/what-if-i-didnt-connect-my-camera-on-the-desktop-but-still-want-to-let-other-people-know-im-in/875 "2024-02-27T07:07:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steve](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/janus.discourse.group/steve/32/241_2.png) [@Steve](https://janus.discourse.group/u/Steve)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 7:07am UTC](https://janus.discourse.group/t/what-if-i-didnt-connect-my-camera-on-the-desktop-but-still-want-to-let-other-people-know-im-in/875/1 "2024-02-27T07:07:49Z")

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What if I didn’t connect my camera on the desktop but still want to let other people know I’m in?

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**Author:** ![atoppi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/janus.discourse.group/atoppi/32/8_2.png) [@atoppi](https://janus.discourse.group/u/atoppi)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://janus.discourse.group/t/what-if-i-didnt-connect-my-camera-on-the-desktop-but-still-want-to-let-other-people-know-im-in/875/2 "2024-03-20T11:07:31Z")

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if you are talking about videoroom plugin, you can join a room without any negotiation.  
Just create a room with “notify\_joining” to true, and passive (aka not published) users will be added to the participant lists.

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**Author:** ![lorenzo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/janus.discourse.group/lorenzo/32/425_2.png) [@lorenzo](https://janus.discourse.group/u/lorenzo)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://janus.discourse.group/t/what-if-i-didnt-connect-my-camera-on-the-desktop-but-still-want-to-let-other-people-know-im-in/875/3 "2024-03-20T22:35:58Z")

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Notice that users that aren’t publishers will end up in a separate list, called `attendees`. More info in the [documentation](https://janus.conf.meetecho.com/docs/videoroom).