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Reasons for shutdown

Hello, based on the official statement of the author, which can be read at the website itself, the reasons for shutdown appear to be the attack and criticism against the platform itself, rather than mainly child exploitation or management of crime. On the contrary, the author said he was trying to preserve the site in spite of the many people maligning it, but in the end it seems the "ornery" people of the modern day caused him too much grief, which was the main factor that broke the camel's back - on top of the already-existing problems of criminal exploitation and maintenance expenses. Should we change the focus of the article's description of the shutdown to these aforementioned points?

Thanks, Kiril kovachev (talk) 00:26, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, this article has much more concrete reasons for the shutdown - BBC - Fuzheado | Talk 15:15, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That article isn't particularly accurate on several counts, and very one sided. For one, no legal precedent is set when a case gets settled out of court, for another the product liability claim is also likely flawed. A similar argument could me bade for guns and cigarettes, but those are still allowed, and exist. You can't blame the creator of a tool for a person abusing and misusing it. Many, in fact most people used Omegle for it's intended purpose, which was to converse with people you had no way of connecting with otherwise. Nabeel_co (talk) 05:38, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Popularity, especially during the pandemic.

I'm surprised the popularity of Omegle wasn't discussed, and I think it should be. Many people used it as an outlet for social interaction and communication, in general, but especially during the 2020 lockdowns. There also were a lot of YouTube and TikTok creators who used it as a medium to create content by entertaining the person the matched with, with comedy, music, skills, magic, jokes, etc. Nabeel_co (talk) 05:44, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]