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Omegle 2009-2023

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Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by johnnyanmac »

unsupp0rted wrote: post #416

> 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.

It's measurable, but not in an agreeable fashion. I'm sure if you tracked curse words, or simply looked at the number or reports an admin has managed, you can track a change.

But you then argue with the metric. Maybe curse words aren't a good measure of hostility. Maybe the admin was overzealous, or underzealous and then corrected. That's what makes it hard to come to a consensus.

Anectodally, on the internet, I would agree. I feel post 2016 saw an uptick in hostility, and then the pandemic years of 2021/2022 saw another uptick.

Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by johnnyanmac »

tommek4077 wrote: post #463
sMarsIntruder wrote: post #451

> I worry that, unless the tide turns soon, the Internet I fell in love with may cease to exist, and in its place, we will have something closer to a souped-up version of TV – focused largely on passive consumption, with much less opportunity for active participation and genuine human connection. You’re not alone my friend. The “old good times” internet is long gone and the situation is evolving very fast.

It's still there, the old internet. You just uave a hard time finding it with corporate tools like the modern google.

It also just feels much smaller. Outside of maybe 4chan, none of those classic style forums feel anywhere close to as acitve as their heyday. Like, we're talking maybe 2-3 comments per day.

It definitely doesn't need to be Twitter/Reddit active, but a cozy but empty forum isn't a community so much as a small gathering.

Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by Simran-B »

0xbadcafebee wrote: post #414
jodrellblank wrote: post #252

Earlier 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?

Philanthropy? Humans are social creatures.

Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by diamondsdancing »

Blahah wrote: post #421
bpicolo wrote: post #267

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This definitely may have destroyed the career of a large number of widely popular youtubers... It certainly destroyed their format anyway. Imagine they'll hop to a different platform.

Tbh the sad thing isn't any youtuber losing a platform, it's that Omegle was really a place people went when they were having a hard time and other people went there to cheer them up. I really hope there's another platform like it, but I don't know it.

not video based, but captures some of the spontaneous spirit of omegle. it lets you have live interactions with anyone on the same web page as you.

https://www.getmoonbounce.com/

Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by yafbum »

Every social app is a party, and every party peters out one way or another. Too few people? It's dead. Too many people? Chilling effects. No budget to police the place? It becomes a magnet for abuse / spam / porn / scams / human trafficking / you name it. This party lasted more than most, they should be proud to have had such a long run.

Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by HaZeust »

This hits me particularly hard. I met relationships, mentors, peers, pupils, friends of philosophy, fellow software developers, builders, dreamers, businessmen - and everything in between - from Omegle, all in different stages of my life.

I've messaged each and every one of them, just now, about the news - on the many platforms I added friends from Omegle with.

Conversations on Omegle changed my politics, it changed my beliefs, it changed my belief on systems of structure, changed my thoughts on strangers and humanity at large (as built by 8 billion of them).

Tragic. Thank you, Leif.

Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by Culonavirus »

mrighele wrote: post #459
dragonwriter wrote: post #317

Earlier 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? Assuming the 74 million are really getting lots of value from it, compensating the victims of the catastrophic event is more than worth it. Holding the host liable for the harms, and trusting the…

In the US, about 40'000 people die every year in a traffic accident, yet using public roads for free is still a thing, and only the people that actually caused the accident are to blame. If you think that victims of a "catastrophic event" need compensation, why not propose to institute a mandatory insurance for people using the Internet, like many countries do for cars ? (I am assuming here that the website is not ac…

> In the US, about 40'000 people die every year in a traffic accident, yet

Yet EV's still have to pass insane standards because 1/10th, 1/100th of deaths would be too much... it's all about our monkey brain's perception, negativity bias (i.e. 100x good thing equals 1x bad thing) and emotions. We are tied to these things until we leave our carbon meat suits.

Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by GaryNumanVevo »

dheera wrote: post #516
ijustlovemath wrote: post #198

This is devastating. I have so many fond memories of meeting fellow weirdos over text. The days where StumbleUpon always took you somewhere exciting, cool, beautiful, interesting, funny, or novel. Where you looked at what people did with The Web 2.0 and only marveled at the possibilities of what could come. Truly feels like the death of one of the old guard, a Usenet-of-the-2010s. I even used it during pandemic times…

Maybe we should create a DeFi version of this that doesn't have an owner and can't be sued. Things like Omegle should be likened to an empty grass field in the middle of town, with nobody responsible for what actually happens on it except the people who choose to be there.

The DeFI element, of course, would enable someone to pay so MORE people could see their penis unsolicited
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