I checked it out a few times over the years, but was put off by the behavior of some of the people. The concept is fascinating because, as the founder mentions in his letter, there IS some safety in anonymity and expressing yourself more authentically without the physical risk is possible.
Humans mostly have “acceptable behavior” filters in public, but this system also stripped many of those away. Which led to a lot of people incorrectly assuming they could do bad stuff on this platform without consequences.
I think it’s too bad this is the way it’s got to go. Despite not really being a user, Omegle feels like part of Internet 1.5.
I checked it out a few times over the years, but was put off by the behavior of some of the people. The concept is fascinating because, as the founder mentions in his letter, there IS some safety in anonymity and expressing yourself more authentically without the physical risk is possible.
Humans mostly have “acceptable behavior” filters in public, but this system also stripped many of those away. Which led to a lot of people incorrectly assuming they could do bad stuff on this platform without consequences.
I think it’s too bad this is the way it’s got to go. Despite not really being a user, Omegle feels like part of Internet 1.5.