Don’t Buy: Omegle
So, there is this new website called Omegle where you can chat with a stranger. I know what you’re thinking: Isn’t that what AOL chatrooms and bars are for?
Well, Omegle offers you a sense of anonymity unmatched by a clever screen name or telling people your name is “Savannah.” You are given no name at all: there is merely You and Stranger, two lonely souls briefly connected in the vast web of the Internet.
I’m going to let my first Omegle experience speak for itself.
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You actually didn’t let it speak for itself. What happened?
…you didn’t explain why this is a Don’t Buy? I don’t see whats wrong with the service existing.
ahh my graphic isn’t loading! curses.
it’s terrifying in there.
That man is an American hero.
how do you know it was a man? SUCH IS THE BEAUTY OF OMEGLE
Hey, sick of using images for Omegle chats? Upload them to http://www.mobozo.com - it’s free
Thanks Alli!
Ya that’s something I’m afraid to encounter. Being an avid online gamer and forum surfer (StarCraft 2 General Discussion Forum), I know what anonymity does to a person. It allows them to be as offensive as they wish. To cause destruction and abuse and to burn through the heart and soul of a person just because it will amuse them.
Of course anonymity could be allowing me to be so expressive
A friend just invited me to try it out, and I’m questioning whether it’s worth it or not. I could just as well join a 1v1 obs game of StarCraft and chat with the observers.
For a better chat app with less spam and cyber creeps…check out http://www.cuyx.com you can find people in your city and there’s pics so you know (most of the time) what the person on the other end looks like.
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