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Re:The Lethality of Loneliness by jodrellblank on Monday May 13, 2013 @06:15PM (#5701769)
Sometimes, with Omegle and clones, you get a good, intimate, one to one connection with a basically-anonymous complete stranger. And it's great, a real mood lifter.

It just doesn't happen at all often. Perhaps there's a way to adjust that kind of site design to make them more successful at that kind of connection?

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Re:The Lethality of Loneliness by breakupapp on Monday May 13, 2013 @09:19PM (#5702518)
Do you meet good people on Omegle?
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Re:The Lethality of Loneliness by jodrellblank on Monday May 13, 2013 @11:15PM (#5702848)
Subjectively, yes.

I tend to find echoes of myself, so perhaps no good if you're looking for a life-of-the-party person.

The time investment to return ratio is abysmal, but the good connections happen. This week I had a 3-4 hour conversation (text) with someone. That affects my mood for a day or two afterwards; it's the kind of social interaction I ought to get in real life, but actually don't.

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