It's clear to me that the criticism is coming from people who had never used omegle. While it's all valid, it was extraordinarily popular anyway.
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#12It’s a bit awkward that “in 2025” (your words) you’re focusing so heavily on gender, especially with a subpar implementation: You only allow “male” and “female” (which right off the bat will make many people close the website, even if they identify with either), have zero checks (as if people didn’t lie about that on the internet all the time), and make people type it themselves (when it should be a dropdown or radio…
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I logged in to say the exact same thing as the parent comment. There’s no bias; just common sense and respect for others in 2025.
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#13It’s a bit awkward that “in 2025” (your words) you’re focusing so heavily on gender, especially with a subpar implementation: You only allow “male” and “female” (which right off the bat will make many people close the website, even if they identify with either), have zero checks (as if people didn’t lie about that on the internet all the time), and make people type it themselves (when it should be a dropdown or radio…
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I agree with the assessment; also, the implementation is really strange; why are we typing it?
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#14It's clear to me that the criticism is coming from people who had never used omegle. While it's all valid, it was extraordinarily popular anyway.
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Consensus on criticism you don’t like does not equal brigading. Everyone so far has been respectful and commented on the thing that is most salient about the website. And of course it’s around the same time, the post was just submitted.
If everyone keeps saying you reek, consider giving your armpits a sniff before accusing everyone of ganging up.
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#15It’s a bit awkward that “in 2025” (your words) you’re focusing so heavily on gender, especially with a subpar implementation: You only allow “male” and “female” (which right off the bat will make many people close the website, even if they identify with either), have zero checks (as if people didn’t lie about that on the internet all the time), and make people type it themselves (when it should be a dropdown or radio…
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#16The UI is nice and clean but the chat partner takes a while (closed out of it while waiting), I'd say try to add indication of estimated wait times, and honestly? A mini game while you wait like the dinosaur on Chrome. Or, at least a request to notify you when someone does get connected.
Little things go a long way in UX.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
You could just use what's on your license or ID. The site seems to be a kind of dating/singles chat, if that's the case having genders/sexes makes some sense, although indeed it could be better.
> You could just use what's on your license or ID. Not only could that not match your real gender, there are places where IDs allow for more than those two options. https://www.bustle.com/p/12-states-with-a-third-gender-optio...
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
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Consensus on criticism you don’t like does not equal brigading. Everyone so far has been respectful and commented on the thing that is most salient about the website. And of course it’s around the same time, the post was just submitted. If everyone keeps saying you reek, consider giving your armpits a sniff before accusing everyone of ganging up.
Your comment was extremely dismissive and disrespectful to OP, so you'll have to forgive us for being suspicious when they all pop up at the same time with the exact same tone.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
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Consensus on criticism you don’t like does not equal brigading. Everyone so far has been respectful and commented on the thing that is most salient about the website. And of course it’s around the same time, the post was just submitted. If everyone keeps saying you reek, consider giving your armpits a sniff before accusing everyone of ganging up.
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#20It’s a bit awkward that “in 2025” (your words) you’re focusing so heavily on gender, especially with a subpar implementation: You only allow “male” and “female” (which right off the bat will make many people close the website, even if they identify with either), have zero checks (as if people didn’t lie about that on the internet all the time), and make people type it themselves (when it should be a dropdown or radio…
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>Gender includes the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity. Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social constructs as well as gender expression.
What you are referring to is sex.