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Omegle 2009-2023

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Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by gosub100 »

crossroadsguy wrote: post #800
gosub100 wrote: post #785

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> Omegle was always a horny and abusive place and a place that was so very skin colour sensitive So they had php or python code that did skin detection and altered the code branches according to the melanin level? That's interesting, can you elaborate on why they did such a thing?

Why the fuck would you and the other commentor assume I am talking about the tech stack! Can you please read the comment again and the see the part that points to the tech stack?

you're just horrible at articulating yourself, or else you're doing it on purpose (hand waving). my question was rhetorical because your comment was bs.

Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by nrb »

Dylan16807 wrote: post #384
jhallenworld wrote: post #225

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>If the pedo found her at a walmart, would she sue walmart too? Well, yes! A different example: with few exceptions (gun manufacturers), when people die everybody even remotely involved gets sued. Examples: Station Nightclub fire, Surfside condominium collapse.. In the case of a pedo at Walmart I could imagine: "Didn't the staff notice the guy dragging the girl out of the store? Why didn't they get involved?" Walmart…

> Didn't the staff notice If you want a proper Walmart analogy then you should stick the child in a remote part of a vast parking lot, so that there's no reason to expect the staff to notice. And at that point the case seems too weak to try.

A more accurate analogy would be if they ushered the child into a backroom where a stranger was seated across from them with a glass divider between them and then they left the room. This is the whole point of Omeagle, to facilitate these interactions. Would it unsettle anyone if Walmart were doing that, and would they be legally responsible for whatever happens in there?

Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by sp0ck »

thrawn0r wrote: post #594

More specific information about why its closing down are lawsuits of groomed minors. press coverage of 1 case: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64618791

Read the article. I don't understand the logic of this. It's like leaving loaded gun on the desk and its gun fault (tool) when your kid shoot someone with it. IMO this is bad parenting. Any tool that provide anonimity and privacy can be abused. It is not like anyone was forced to use it. You have to go there explicitly. Adding random video chat to i.e Signal app makes it another Omegle "problem" ?

Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by naremu »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #775
midasz wrote: post #534

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Teenage me loved the edginess. Adult me just finds it boring. More like a phase thing to me.

Our generation grew up on offensive / edginess, things like late 90's shock rock, South Park, Jackass, Saw, etc. Nobody cares anymore, and it feels like nobody's tried to out-edge series like South Park. It feels like we've reached rock bottom so the only way is up. Which is a good thing btw.

With the exception of the "break glass to reboot/one more time the IP" moments

It has felt like a natural end to the long term cultural battled for acceptance of such basic expressions of working class language and humor, in a kind of "needing to break it down so we can build it back up" sort of way.

I'd dread to think of a cultural landscape where the previous puritanical average continued letting air out of the balloon at an excruciatingly slow rate, as opposed to the admittedly immature fart sound we reveled in for a few moments.

Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by ngc248 »

ploum wrote: post #658
0xDEAFBEAD wrote: post #646

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For people who are looking for this -- It's a common refrain on Twitter that Twitter can be a better dating app than actual dating apps. I think the mechanism here is similar -- both Twitter and Omegle encourage a sort of stream-of-consciousness, semi-anonymous communication style that facilitates soul entwinement.

I met my wife because she saw on facebook a screenshot someone has taken from a tweet I did about a terrorist attack. (Charlie Hebdo 2015- Paris). This encouraged her to read my blog then to get in touch, etc… So meeting my wife happened because: 1. There was a terrorist attack 2. I tweeted about it 3. The tweet became popular 4. A random someone took the time to screenshot it to share it on Facebook 5. That random s…

If something has to happen, it will happen.

Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by darajava »

I have no sympathy for this, he should have moderated it far, far better. He let it become what it was before he shut it down. He should have shut it down 10 years ago.

Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by yafbum »

Aicy wrote: post #592
yafbum wrote: post #547

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.

Not sure what parties you are going to but mine have never had human trafficking

Neither do mine, but it happens in some night clubs for example.

Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by falit94 »

cryptoegorophy wrote: post #725
thrawn0r wrote: post #594

More specific information about why its closing down are lawsuits of groomed minors. press coverage of 1 case: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64618791

Ah, “for the children”. The best argument there is to deprive you of all the rights possible.

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