The bizarre rise and fall of Omegle

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  • This week on Scroll Deep, Benedict looks into the insane rise and fall of Omegle, looking at why the video chat service was suddenly shut down after 14 years. Benedict also revisits some of the most viral Omegle chats. #omegle
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ความคิดเห็น • 29

  • @selmalarsson8920
    @selmalarsson8920 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

    I remember going on Omegle and talking to some guy only in high school musical lyrics and honestly we ended up having quite a deep conversation

    • @alohakat1148
      @alohakat1148 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      soaring’ flyin’ there’s not a star in heavan that we can’t reach

    • @lollydolly4590
      @lollydolly4590 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@alohakat1148now we’ve finally realised who we are it just took some time

  • @brokenkittyy
    @brokenkittyy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    "ASL" will forever haunt me. We were too young to be on Omegle

    • @freebeerishere
      @freebeerishere 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Australian Sign Language

  • @SarahsLittleVoice
    @SarahsLittleVoice 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    i remember talking with someone on omegle for hours one night (when i was like 13 or 14) and we had a really great conversation just about life and feelings and i was chasing a conversation like that ever since, only to drown in a sea of “A/S/L?”s

    • @Jerrytcale
      @Jerrytcale 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So real. I had so many great conversations on there during times when I was lonely. Haven't used it in years, too late now 😮‍💨

  • @alohakat1148
    @alohakat1148 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    If it wasn’t for this show I wouldn’t have had the opportunity for active participation and genuine human connection with camp friends❤
    also. rip Omegle gone but not forgotten mainly because of the trauma

  • @Kaeros77
    @Kaeros77 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I vividly remember using Omegle when I was.. probably 11-15 years old, I haven't touched the site in years (I'm 23 now). I saw things I shouldn't have. Did things I shouldn't have. I had great experiences, but also plenty of bad ones, and inappropriate ones. There are definitely creeps out there who have pictures of 11/12 year old me who didn't know any better, and they knew that.
    Part of me will miss the fun stuff, because there were definitely HILARIOUS things that came from this site, but the bigger part of me is happy that it's gone- way too many creeps are on it, and as someone who has siblings who are around the age I was of when I used the site, I'm glad they won't be exposed to that! (Even though there are definitely other bad places and creeps everywhere..)

  • @JJChampagne
    @JJChampagne 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I’ve never been on Omegle, but I sure watched a lot of TH-camrs go!

  • @QuarterMoonRachel
    @QuarterMoonRachel 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Me and my friends used to love hanging out on Omegle as teens during sleepovers in like 2009-2011. I mean, there was some deeply inappropriate stuff we came across but we also had some really fun and surprisingly deep conversations too.

  • @fugitive_
    @fugitive_ 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    :0 whoa i never thought i would live to see the day

  • @trustfulplace3894
    @trustfulplace3894 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    i remember going to a party in middle school where a couple people decided to go on omele. they got a guy who was getting off to the camera. that way my first and only interaction with the cite

  • @charlottewalker-jolley3865
    @charlottewalker-jolley3865 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    A guy wanted to end his life and people kept skipping him and it was making him more angry and i stayed with him for 2 hours so hed feel at least some what loved

  • @DSQueenie
    @DSQueenie 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I mean yeah ultimately people have proved time and time again that they cannot and will not be trusted with total freedom. This [gestures at all the awful predators on Omegal] is why we can’t have nice things. This is why the innocent are punished along with the guilty because we as a society have decided that the consequences of the trust we need to have to have a totally open internet isn’t worth it.
    Tbh I do think it’s crazy that someone can sue Omegal for meeting their predator when they were 11 on the site when they broke the TOS to be on the site.

  • @jazzerrae
    @jazzerrae 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    ben, listen, i’m telling you this because ily, but the new SD logo is giving Shane Dawson merch just a lil 😬

  • @SharkNomNom-ns6qu
    @SharkNomNom-ns6qu 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love Omegle's shade at tiktok at the end.
    The idea of meeting new people is nice... but my anxiety says noooo.....
    They've got a point about active participation though

  • @jamesgalliher4640
    @jamesgalliher4640 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s an interesting glimpse back at the promise of the early internet, of anonymity and connection. But the internet simply grew beyond that for better or worse (but Omegle definitely needed to go lol)

  • @cerysxox
    @cerysxox 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    james bond mention 💪💪

  • @iNSPIREZAMBIAMAGAZINE
    @iNSPIREZAMBIAMAGAZINE 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Omegle was just chat roulette…. But not even better

  • @trashonvideo
    @trashonvideo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I met a gal on omegle from the other side of the world and we stayed in contact! Since like 2012?

  • @ConejitoPequenito
    @ConejitoPequenito 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I do know someone who got a lot of social connection from omegle, like the essay was talking about. But yeah, heinous crimes are not to be taken lightly

  • @jackroberts6648
    @jackroberts6648 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bring back the iconic bat

  • @tttrtt
    @tttrtt 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Omegle will forever be loved by us all o7

  • @JoeyTheBeastHD
    @JoeyTheBeastHD 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What is Omegle ????

    • @jazzerrae
      @jazzerrae 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      he literally tells you what it is in the video babe 💀

    • @kylacrush6810
      @kylacrush6810 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s basically just a forum for creepy dudes to show off their junk to little girls.

    • @JoeyTheBeastHD
      @JoeyTheBeastHD 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@jazzerrae I'm glad it's shutting down because I sure wouldn't want my kids to talk to strangers online and be predatory.