Posts Tagged: ‘Omegle’

By now you’ve probably heard about Chatroulette — it’s a semi-anonymous chat service not unlike the infamous Omegle chat room. The application randomly pairs people together to chat with one another. The twist with Chatroulette is that it adds video from user webcams (that’s why I call it semi-anonymous).

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One of the most read and most commented posts on the HSW blogs is this one: How Omegle Doesn’t Work -or- Signs that it may be time to examine your life… The basic message of that post is to point out that there are better things to do with your life than to chat on [...]

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This just in – if your life is boring, you are more likely to die young: You really can be bored to death, scientists discover More than 7,000 civil servants were studied over 25 years – and those who said they were bored were nearly 40 per cent more likely to have died by the [...]

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I must send out a thank you to two tech divas: Veronica Belmont and Sarah Lane. These two ladies have introduced me to the weird, anonymous world of Omegle through their Twitter posts.

What is Omegle? It’s a chat room that pairs you randomly with someone else. Both chatters are anonymous, identified only by the handle “Stranger.” You can chat about anything you like. You can share data or talk about the weather. You can make a new friend or frustrate a stranger until he or she chooses to disconnect from the conversation. It’s pretty much a free-for-all.

Either party can disconnect from the conversation at any point. If the conversation isn’t going anywhere or the other chatter goes idle, you can skip out and try again. You may end up chatting with a curious Web celebrity. It might even be yours truly, so be nice.

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