Some good memories were made over there thats for sure!
Omegle 2009-2023
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Re: Omegle 2009-2023
#692Earlier quoted context omitted.
No way! That's awesome. You should reach out to the creator of the site and let him know about this (if you haven't already). He'd probably be super happy to hear this story :)
Any platform that is large enough will sooner or later become a 'slice of life'. I've seen this with ww.com/camarades.com, and it was fascinating to see that development up close. One of the most memorable ones for me was a terminally ill patient in a hospital that was still conscious that used our fledgling video meeting service to stay in touch with family members all over the USA. And random strangers dropping in…
> Any platform that is large enough will sooner or later become a 'slice of life'.
I run a smallish website / forum for a video game franchise, we've got a number of couples on there, one of which got married a few weeks ago; some of our members were there, me and my (now ex) gf (also met through that site) watched it on stream. Small communities based around common interests with no pressure to date and no overbearing rules on what communication is allowed or not is great for fostering relationships like that.
Re: Omegle 2009-2023
#693Earlier quoted context omitted.
The question in my mind is, 74 million monthly users have a good time (or not bad enough to not come back, whatever) vs the inevitable catastrophic event as you say, isn’t it well worth it to accept the risk and continue? The world couldn’t possibly function any other way
Yes, 100 times yes. This is one of the big issues with the modern world, that no risk at all is acceptable. And that's bullshit. So many things that are enormous amounts of fun can get shut down because maybe someone gets slightly hurt some time or whatever. Should we make things safe? yes, of course. But the trade off should not be "if there is any risk at all, then no". It should be made clear that risk exists and…
This is one of the root causes of many of the issues in modern society. The creeping safety is taking the fun out of everything, especially kids. Kids nowadays rarely have any play time anymore, which has an immense cost to their later growth and well being. If you want to read a book about this with some related topics, I recommend "The Coddling of the American Mind"
Re: Omegle 2009-2023
#694Omegle was always a horny and abusive place and a place that was so very skin colour sensitive (as usual this skipped the discourse). Pretty much nothing else. I am amused by the mentions of magical place people are lamenting. Besides it was a direct copy of Chatroulette. But I understand. It’s always the case - one’s revolutionary is another’s terrorist.
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Re: Omegle 2009-2023
#695Earlier quoted context omitted.
I didn’t use Omegle much, but I actually met my now wife on there. We used the text only thing where a third person suggests a topic. Must’ve talked for a good 2 hours on there before exchanging informations, I shudder thinking that even the smallest glitch could have changed my life so drastically. We met 11 years ago on the platform, a completely random fluke. And while I haven’t really used Omegle in a long time,…
The chance of a small glitch or anything that did not happen in the past is as likely as a ghost dinosaur coming up to you and scamming you out of all your money. Looking at the past through a probabilistic lens is irrational, unless you are doing it to predict the future through information collection. Sort of, of topic but anyway….
I don't know why you were downvoted but it's true. My dad was almost scammed this past weekend. Or kind of scammed. The thing is that of a group of 200, 195 were scammed and he wasn't (or he was, but he got what he paid for in the end). And he wasn't just because a random event, he was very luck.
I kept thinking in how lucky he was and how sad my family would be if he was part of the 195. But it didn't happen. Maybe in an alternate timeline (?), but not on this one. Worry about what could have happened is not worth it. To induce stress for things that did not happen is not worth it. Yes, we can use it to learn for future opportunities, but that should be all.
Re: Omegle 2009-2023
#696More specific information about why its closing down are lawsuits of groomed minors. press coverage of 1 case: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64618791
How is this possibly omegles fault or problem?
She met him once on omegle and gave him her contact info. She could have met him on the train or in the street and it would have ended the same way.
Parents are supposed to teach kids about stranger danger. She should be suing her folks.
Re: Omegle 2009-2023
#697Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or this: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5poLSRa3cpHBfiJ6wQdT... Frank Tedesco, pianist / musician meets people on Omegle, takes song requests and plays them - and for ones he doesn't know, he listens once on his phone then plays them by ear.
Is there a word for whatever the human thing is that makes people want to watch reaction videos?
Empathy?
Re: Omegle 2009-2023
#698> In recent years, it seems like the whole world has become more ornery Have people always thought this (e.g. "the youth of today are lazy") or is it measurably true? I feel like it's obviously true.
> Have people always thought this [...]? Yes. https://history.stackexchange.com/q/28169
Even if people have "always" thought this, that doesn't mean they're wrong to think it today or that the complaint has always been invalid.
It's entirely possible that people have always been complaining about X and also that X is more prevalent today than it used to be.
Re: Omegle 2009-2023
#699Earlier quoted context omitted.
"He was definitely home, all the blinds were drawn" 5 minutes later, Leif is seen going from his car to his house You can't make this stuff up. Every time I see a BBC clip it's something ridiculous. There's probably a good business opportunity doing a mystery science theater 3000 version of BBC news at this point.
The guy can file a stalking and harassment case on BBC can't he ?
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Re: Omegle 2009-2023
#700Gives me chills, that was so heartfelt and raw. Hurt on all sides, but this is a bit like losing access to a public space because someone committed crimes there. One of the greatest things Omegle enabled is this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhzHV9QD0Is (Harry Mack freestyling for random Omegle matches, it was a series of 90+ episodes and brought me and others so much joy during COVID)
> a bit like losing access to a public space It's more like losing access to a bar that allowed random people to meet in private rooms, and didn't check they weren't giving access to minors, and didn't check inside the private rooms to prevent sexual abuse.
Why? Anything on Omegle could happen in a park. Or a library. Omegle can't keep kids off their platform: their parents need to.