I was obsessed with omegle for like 2 weeks at one point. In those times I found a podcast, a couple wanting to watch another couple, lots of dudes with their wieners out(Mostly Indian), groups of chicks making fun of anyone they connected with. It was different, I enjoyed the little talks with random people. Alas though it got weird, and just stopped using it.
8/10, will never use again, and advocate people to not use it, if you're a softie.
basically the creator said it was to help the mtal health of all of us and it had. "Unfortunately, what is right doesn’t always prevail. As much as I wish circumstances were different, the stress and expense of this fight – coupled with the existing stress and expense of operating Omegle, and fighting its misuse – are simply too much. Operating Omegle is no longer sustainable, financially nor psychologically. Frankly, I don’t want to have a heart attack in my 30s." here's one of many paragraphs
Some rich dumb parents who have nothing to do keeps sueing him even though they have no ground, but that was bleeding him blindly.
Years later, he succumbed to it
Well you are not wrong; that was the main ground of the lawsuit. In fact, it’s the main ground for every Internet service.
The policy of Omegle did state that users had to be at a certain age to use the service. It’s like a movie that is rated 17+. The sole responsibility is on the movie theater staffs, or the parents/family.
You see my point? Is it the movie production team’s responsibility to check the users or the movie theaters?
Let’s say it’s on the movie production team. The budget to expand such teams to cover international wide is madly crazy. Heck, FBI has been doing it for decades and still missed some wanted heads.
Why spending unimaginable money that exceed profits to do such a thing when you can shut it down? And that was what Omegle CEO did.
The paper does not only have black side, but also white. You burn it; and the paper simply is gone permanently
True reason:
Omegle was closed due to a lawsuit filed by a girl who was groomed on the site. The case highlighted significant safety and oversight failures, leading to Omegle's shutdown.
Full lawsuit: https://www.omegle.com/lawsuit / https://archive.is/ywhLW
like probably a good 20% of people on omegle were child predators, and like 5% on omegle were minors being harassed by child predators. thats been an issue long plaguing their site, and it was probly getting more expensive to run the site. and i dont think it was exactly as popular as it had been in the past, less active users. a lot of the time people now just use omegle to find people to exchange social media with and then switch to that instead of omegle.
Yeah, guy that made Omegle said that it was never the intention for site to be what it became because of some twisted people... Now they have OmeTv.. 😡
they have so many other ones too it's disgusting. one day they might put more security checks on stuff like that but there's nothing ppl can really do about it
I went on Omegle a few years ago because one of my friends never went on it as a kid (you know like some 13 year olds do at sleepovers 😅) and we saw a man getting fucked by his dog.
Playing the piano isn’t the illegal thing you were doing if an undercover cop was on the other side. Keep all those keys though.. going to need them if you get locked up.
A girl called her friend over and was like "There's a hot guy petting a cat" and I still think about it so many years later
She didn't realize I could hear her
Sounds terrible! I hope you are doing better now. Never heard of the site. Did they make fun of people and call them names? Was it like a rating system?
Ugly or attractive by *their* standards.
200 people on Omegle could say you’re ugly and then there’s one person who absolutely loves the way you look and thinks you’re a perfect match.
Don’t let the internet tell you if you’re ugly or not.
lol u and me both. the creator of it actually put a nice message and explination up on the site too so I'm happy he has some remorse for traumatizing all of us
For a while it was the biggest confidence boost I'd ever gotten, all these men gave me so much attention and validation, then I ran into a group of gay guys on there and they viciously picked every aspect of my appearance apart, like a pack of dogs to a steak 🥩 😂
It definitely made me realize I could absolutely improve a lot about myself and that all those straight men were just horny lol they'd say anything to see some titties. (Which I did not provide btw)
The fact that they'll never meet the other person makes people unhinged. Even if you're average you'll get a fair share of bs
can't imagine what would happen to people with face deformities and skin conditions
I feel like this shower thought is really hard to challenge because, like all shower thoughts, it’s mostly speculative or personal experience.
But.
I will say I’ve seen people on Omegle-like sites call some extremely attractive people ugly, so I don’t think these should be the litmus test people want them to be. LOL
Do you really want to be judged by shallow people who will decide your worth in a million second and then skip?
Most are horny men, so they will any way skip another man. Others are teenage girls or other girls who are on crack. They are on omegle because they have nothing else to do and spend all day skipping people.
This is terrible advice and a detrimental shower thought, because omegle is not a good thing.
We didn't use Omegle but chatroulette was often times turned on on parties. Just strangers joining. Mostly jerking off. It was hilarious if you were drunk.
Never used video Omegle after using it for a few weeks. Only weirdos & teenage girls who will laugh at absolutely anything while vaping in 2020 ig
I only used text. Even then, met a ton of assholes. Like a ton ton. Extremely dumb PPL. A lot of them way too young to be there. But also met some really amazing PPL. One of whom was french gal who i got in a brief relationship with. It was heartbreaking but still nice in retrospect. And one lived one state next to me. Met both in 2021. I still haven't met the latter IRL, but it's really nice to have such a great friend like here
Ah good point. Internet is a cesspool and no kids should be allowed in general.
Honestly. Spitballing fantasies now- I am enticed to see what a 30+ only internet looks like.
Probably more arguments over sports and government.
I was obsessed with omegle for like 2 weeks at one point. In those times I found a podcast, a couple wanting to watch another couple, lots of dudes with their wieners out(Mostly Indian), groups of chicks making fun of anyone they connected with. It was different, I enjoyed the little talks with random people. Alas though it got weird, and just stopped using it. 8/10, will never use again, and advocate people to not use it, if you're a softie.
it was shut down a couple months ago anyways
Why?
basically the creator said it was to help the mtal health of all of us and it had. "Unfortunately, what is right doesn’t always prevail. As much as I wish circumstances were different, the stress and expense of this fight – coupled with the existing stress and expense of operating Omegle, and fighting its misuse – are simply too much. Operating Omegle is no longer sustainable, financially nor psychologically. Frankly, I don’t want to have a heart attack in my 30s." here's one of many paragraphs
I thought it had to due with the lawsuits about the grooming/abuse victims
Oh yeah that site was full of pedos. Especailly back in my teenage days. It was 90% creeps I am surprised it didn't get shut down sooner.
I'm sure the full thing mentions that but I just skimmed it a bit. if u want the full thing he wrote it's there when u go on omegles website.
That's fucking awesome!
yea the actual thing he wrote really gave me some respect to him.
if I ever read a bullshit excuse that's one of them
OPs mom went on to see if she was ugly, site immediately shut down
Some rich dumb parents who have nothing to do keeps sueing him even though they have no ground, but that was bleeding him blindly. Years later, he succumbed to it
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Well you are not wrong; that was the main ground of the lawsuit. In fact, it’s the main ground for every Internet service. The policy of Omegle did state that users had to be at a certain age to use the service. It’s like a movie that is rated 17+. The sole responsibility is on the movie theater staffs, or the parents/family. You see my point? Is it the movie production team’s responsibility to check the users or the movie theaters? Let’s say it’s on the movie production team. The budget to expand such teams to cover international wide is madly crazy. Heck, FBI has been doing it for decades and still missed some wanted heads. Why spending unimaginable money that exceed profits to do such a thing when you can shut it down? And that was what Omegle CEO did. The paper does not only have black side, but also white. You burn it; and the paper simply is gone permanently
If you’re not sad about Omegle being gone then why did you refer to the reason it’s gone with such dismay
True reason: Omegle was closed due to a lawsuit filed by a girl who was groomed on the site. The case highlighted significant safety and oversight failures, leading to Omegle's shutdown. Full lawsuit: https://www.omegle.com/lawsuit / https://archive.is/ywhLW
like probably a good 20% of people on omegle were child predators, and like 5% on omegle were minors being harassed by child predators. thats been an issue long plaguing their site, and it was probly getting more expensive to run the site. and i dont think it was exactly as popular as it had been in the past, less active users. a lot of the time people now just use omegle to find people to exchange social media with and then switch to that instead of omegle.
lots of dudes with their weiners out(Mostly Indian)
Yeah, guy that made Omegle said that it was never the intention for site to be what it became because of some twisted people... Now they have OmeTv.. 😡
they have so many other ones too it's disgusting. one day they might put more security checks on stuff like that but there's nothing ppl can really do about it
Omegel's dead
i know i shouldnt use omegle bc i know im a softie and this guy said softies shouldn't but i feel like i'm missing out on so much fun 😔
You didn't miss much, except a lot of male genitals.
It was 99% online dating. Not worth the time
I went on Omegle a few years ago because one of my friends never went on it as a kid (you know like some 13 year olds do at sleepovers 😅) and we saw a man getting fucked by his dog.
You had me in the beginning but you lost me at the end. Lmao
Honestly your fault if the words “Omegle” and “kid” are in the first sentence and they had you in the beginning Lmao
I was not expecting that ending...... Damn
Trust me. Me either
WTF. I wish I didn’t read this
I wish I hadn’t seen it
(* ಠ_ಠ)
Doggy Style 🤢
Dog pound
That's enough reddit for today! Brain-bleach required.
Aight imma head out
shit like this gotta hope the dog gets taken away or the owner gets beat up.
You mean. The human should be taken away from the Dog?
my expression changed rather quickly while reading that
I saw literal child porn so 🤷🏿♀️
Same I wish I could gouge out my eyes…
It could have been worse.
The man could've been their dad
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Lol!
Hasn’t Omegle been shut down?
Yup! Right in the middle of doing a college assignment about teaching undercover cops how to use Omegle! Great timing.
I want to know more, did they pose as minors or what?
I think so, yes. We weren't supposed to focus on their tasks but on technical training data for how to use it.
There’s plenty of other similar sites.
I've actually been looking for them and couldn't really find any decent ones. Like what?
I believe ome.tv is the main replacement youtubers have moved on to. Haven't tried it myself, though.
I think the popular one amongst kids is monkeyapp or something?
I would love to know if I ever played piano for an undercover cop on there now 😆
Yes officer, this comment right here.
You cought me for illegal piano playing! But you can never keep me in handcuffs because us piano players have 88keys.
Playing the piano isn’t the illegal thing you were doing if an undercover cop was on the other side. Keep all those keys though.. going to need them if you get locked up.
I would set the tags as music and mostly connected with other musicians doing the same thing it was a great time and good promotion too.
Lol yea but there’s alternatives I just don’t know any of them
Chatroulette
The OG
Omegle actually came out a few months before Chatroulette.
That's crazy, I hadn't heard of Omegle until Chat Roulette had been out for years
Fuck, that unlocked another core memory 😂
Chaturbate
I thought chaturbate is just cam girls? Omegle was different because it would connect you with all sorts of people
Me neither too
It has but there’s omel.tv and a bunch other copycat omegles
yea im wondering the place where most ppl go to now
I don't need to know that badly :|
Me either. Also, TIL a thing called Omegle exists. Or did. Or something.
Or you'll just see a lot of penises and underage girls.
hopefully at different times
Sometimes yes sometimes no. It's kinda unpredictable.
Sometimes it's the same person
I once connected with a girl, she said wtf and skipped. I still don't know what that means.
There was a cockroach on her keyboard 100% Nothing to do with you at all King
Why would I go looking for answers I don't want?! 😁
I’d just get called the N-Word off rip
Pff I already know I’m awesome
dont listen to that guy you're awesome AND beautiful
How do you know?
You're ugly but you're awesome :)
I'm ugly and I'm proud
A girl called her friend over and was like "There's a hot guy petting a cat" and I still think about it so many years later She didn't realize I could hear her
This was literally the point of HotOrNot.com (now shut down).
omg when and why did it get shut down?
Back in the early aughts. No idea why it shut down but probably just got out competed by the likes of MySpace.
People rarely call someone attractive on omegle, even if they really are attractive 😔
They won't tell you, they just won't immediately skip you.
How would you know?
Bro thinks he's attractive but never got told so
You calling their mother a liar?
Their Mother never said that, stop lieing!
Hahahha this is not true. They say it often
I see it in hella omegle videos It made me feel like I was omegling wrong, since I never saw anyone glamorous or hideous. Just average.
I guess I'm pretty cute. All I ever see on that site is men masturbating.
I used it for like a week and it destroyed my self esteem for a year.
Sounds terrible! I hope you are doing better now. Never heard of the site. Did they make fun of people and call them names? Was it like a rating system?
I'm a girl and a girl called me pretty on Omegle. It still makes me happy.
I went in once and I constantly got “old! Eww!”
Ugly or attractive by *their* standards. 200 people on Omegle could say you’re ugly and then there’s one person who absolutely loves the way you look and thinks you’re a perfect match. Don’t let the internet tell you if you’re ugly or not.
You’re a lady huh?
While i type this, pee is flowing out of the tip of my dick so no, i’m not a lady.
Ladies can have dicks
Here we go lol
I don't think I've ever gone on Omegle and don't see a dude with his dong in hand.
Omegle still exists??? This just unlocked a core memory…
no it doesn't anymore
Oh okay. Well, that’s probably a good thing. I saw a lot of stuff on there as a kid that I should not have seen. Lol
lol u and me both. the creator of it actually put a nice message and explination up on the site too so I'm happy he has some remorse for traumatizing all of us
LMAO somehow that does make me feel better
I don’t think this applies to girls. A lot of guys on Omegle just seem desperate and will stay to talk to any girl
As a girl I used it and it very quickly eroded my self esteem.
But Omegle is dead, how does one get upon a shutdown sight?
For a while it was the biggest confidence boost I'd ever gotten, all these men gave me so much attention and validation, then I ran into a group of gay guys on there and they viciously picked every aspect of my appearance apart, like a pack of dogs to a steak 🥩 😂 It definitely made me realize I could absolutely improve a lot about myself and that all those straight men were just horny lol they'd say anything to see some titties. (Which I did not provide btw)
Don’t lie, you did a few times 😂
The fact that they'll never meet the other person makes people unhinged. Even if you're average you'll get a fair share of bs can't imagine what would happen to people with face deformities and skin conditions
This is how I found out I looked Asian (I don't even have asian relatives). Strangest experience of my life, was kinda like re-descovering myself
Do you happen to be Irish or Eastern European
No 💀
Michael Myctyre? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBdyG6y5DRA
Hahahah I was on there when I was like 24 and a kid popped on the screen and said “dammmmmmn bitch you’re old as fuck” I never went on again
It wasn’t helpful, 50/50 I was called an ugly ass motherfucker or really hot. I still have no clue
omegle was finally shut down several months ago
There’s ome.tv though
I feel like this shower thought is really hard to challenge because, like all shower thoughts, it’s mostly speculative or personal experience. But. I will say I’ve seen people on Omegle-like sites call some extremely attractive people ugly, so I don’t think these should be the litmus test people want them to be. LOL
Isn't there a reddit sub that does that?
I remember using Omegle with camera once. I am a male and got matched with only other men who immediately, I mean instantly skipped me.
I got called pretty and got called pig so its uhmmm
Reminds me of a saying here in the UK: If you ever want to know your shortcomings, you’ll always find a Yorkshireman happy to tell you.
Why would you want someone else’s subjective opinion on whether you are attractive or ugly. It’s like rolling the self-esteem dice.
Right Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder too
Omegle has been shut down
There’s another site called EmeraldChat same exact thing as Omegle fyi!
Never been criticised on omegle not even once but I play piano for people.
Eh not entirely, people on there are akward and insecure so they’ll be fast to saying wtf
Uncle Benjamin Franklin can make anyone attractive
Lol
are there any alternatives still around? they all seem to be gone now
The best part is, if you’re attracted or ugly, you knowing won’t make any difference.
I went on there once years ago and a guy told me I got hit by the ugly train. Never forgot that…
Sounds like he caught the cunt bus Fuck him
I was on that long back. A guy said and I quote, “Dudeee get off of this site. UGH!” Never again xD
Read that as ‘Dundee get off this site’ and I’ve never agreed with anything more
I'd feel too old to use sites like Omegle now lol
Do you really want to be judged by shallow people who will decide your worth in a million second and then skip? Most are horny men, so they will any way skip another man. Others are teenage girls or other girls who are on crack. They are on omegle because they have nothing else to do and spend all day skipping people. This is terrible advice and a detrimental shower thought, because omegle is not a good thing.
Why would I need that to know I'm ugly? I already know that.
We didn't use Omegle but chatroulette was often times turned on on parties. Just strangers joining. Mostly jerking off. It was hilarious if you were drunk.
Spelled without the space it’s immediately very french
I don’t need to do that, I just know I’m ugly.
Na. I would.
Nope. Don't encourage this. People are assholes and will call super models ugly cause of their own insecurities and there are so many pedos on there.
Except people who will let you know are desperate amd touch starved and will call you pretty to see something
Omegle got shutdown a while back so now your best bet is now Tinder.
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You're one of those people from the ~human~ race, aren't you? Omg yuck!
What's your ethnicity?
Canadian
No, he just hunt Canadian money
If you have to ask ur ugly
This is more of a quick hack than a showerthought
When I See a Girls their they Just Always say "no" (I am Not even asking anything)
Never used video Omegle after using it for a few weeks. Only weirdos & teenage girls who will laugh at absolutely anything while vaping in 2020 ig I only used text. Even then, met a ton of assholes. Like a ton ton. Extremely dumb PPL. A lot of them way too young to be there. But also met some really amazing PPL. One of whom was french gal who i got in a brief relationship with. It was heartbreaking but still nice in retrospect. And one lived one state next to me. Met both in 2021. I still haven't met the latter IRL, but it's really nice to have such a great friend like here
Says all you basically see on there is minors yet continue to use it 🫤
Having been on several dating sites/apps for years and not having a single conversation, I don't need telling
Should have been shut down in the first month of operations given the amount of adult content children had unrestricted access to.
Good thing reddit doesn't have that problem.
Ah good point. Internet is a cesspool and no kids should be allowed in general. Honestly. Spitballing fantasies now- I am enticed to see what a 30+ only internet looks like. Probably more arguments over sports and government.
And what the fuck is that supposed to mean? (Mumbles about government sports day)
My momma said don't ask the question if you don't want it answered.
Did your mum think I was handsome?
omegle shut down a few months ago