Omegle founder shuts down site forever?

Re:Omegle founder shuts down site forever? by fullarr on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @10:43PM (#38200901)

If I could unmake the Internet I would in a second, without hesitation.

The lack of local community as everyone moves to a global gray sameness is the grossest thing to happen to this world.

Using it as a crutch to fool yourself into what you think is normal is not healthy and it's not a solution to real problems.

Omegle disappearing is neither surprising nor sad, and it's nothing personal against them specifically.

I expect to get down voted to oblivion because no one likes to hear harsh truths, but the internet has been a net negative for us all

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Re:Omegle founder shuts down site forever? by Aeolun on Thursday November 09, 2023 @01:29AM (#38201822)

I’m not sure if I’d call the internet itself a net negative. Somewhere around the time it was incepted it was fine. Exchanging emails and whatnot.

But what it has become now… I dunno, I regularly have calls with my family on the other side of the world. That’s definitely a positive. Everything attendant to the internet I do not like. The way it’s become nearly a requirement of life.

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Re:Omegle founder shuts down site forever? by will5421 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @04:25AM (#38202821)

But would you have moved so far away from your family if you couldn’t have kept in touch with them over the Internet?

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Re:Omegle founder shuts down site forever? by Aeolun on Thursday November 09, 2023 @06:37AM (#38203752)

Probably, yeah. Phone calls would have sufficed. Video adds something, but sending regular letters and pictures would have been fun in a completely different way.

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Re:Omegle founder shuts down site forever? by poisonborz on Thursday November 09, 2023 @05:20AM (#38203202)

Except for potentially most of the population, the internet provided a more vibrant, welcoming, supportive and rich community than their local community ever could. The "gray sameness" is a recent phenomena and commanded by legal and state abuse, that a lot of the commenters above here lament about.

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Re:Omegle founder shuts down site forever? by fullarr on Thursday November 09, 2023 @05:46AM (#38203361)

I would say that the online community has always been superficial

It feels good but you are still alone

It's never been a good thing, it's been a time sync and it's why birth rates are down, depression is up, loneliness is rampant, and everyone is addicted to narcissism machines

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Re:Omegle founder shuts down site forever? by SixDouble5321 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @04:04PM (#38211286)

We must refuse the Khala to maintain our individuality. Like the Nerazim.

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