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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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About the Author: Alli

What Alli lacks in social skills she makes up for in the ability to consume alcoholic beverages.

11 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. nate
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    Apr 1st, 2009

    You actually didn’t let it speak for itself. What happened?

  2. …you didn’t explain why this is a Don’t Buy? I don’t see whats wrong with the service existing.

  3. Alli
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    Apr 1st, 2009

    ahh my graphic isn’t loading! curses.

  4. Caroline
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    Apr 1st, 2009

    it’s terrifying in there.

  5. nate
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    Apr 1st, 2009

    That man is an American hero.

  6. Alli
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    Apr 2nd, 2009

    how do you know it was a man? SUCH IS THE BEAUTY OF OMEGLE

  7. Hey, sick of using images for Omegle chats? Upload them to http://www.mobozo.com - it’s free :) Thanks Alli!

  8. Wade from Chattanooga
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    May 9th, 2009

    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 :P :D

    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.

  9. 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.

  10. Person Who Agrees
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    May 24th, 2011

    OMG!!!!! i so agree!! on the text part of the site people always ask if i’m horny…. and on video thers dudes playing with their…*ahem* privates and girls finging theird or just showin (.)(.) it’s NASTY!!

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