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minus-squareseitanic@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down34·8 months agoThat’s nuts! I thought that Omegle was text only. I had no idea that they paired you with people on video. WTF thought that was a good idea?!?
minus-squarerigatti@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·8 months agoIt had video for a reeeaally long time.
minus-squareubermeisters@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down4·8 months agoAnd that video was full of naked men masturbating, and curious kids, for just as long. It’s needed to be dealt with for waaaaaayyyyyy too long now.
minus-squareShunkW@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months agoI may be misremembering but I feel like it always had video.
minus-squareShunkW@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoFair enough. Maybe it had video by the time I discovered it or my memory is just failing me.
minus-squareredcalcium@lemmy.institutelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoI frequent Omegle too when it was text only, like more than a decade ago. Had a good time and didn’t see a single dick.
minus-squareSiegfried@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·8 months agoIdk why this is being downvoted -1 it’s his/er right not to know -2 “WTF thought that was a good idea?!?” Its a perfectly valid question
That’s nuts! I thought that Omegle was text only. I had no idea that they paired you with people on video. WTF thought that was a good idea?!?
It had video for a reeeaally long time.
And that video was full of naked men masturbating, and curious kids, for just as long. It’s needed to be dealt with for waaaaaayyyyyy too long now.
I may be misremembering but I feel like it always had video.
It started just text
Fair enough. Maybe it had video by the time I discovered it or my memory is just failing me.
I frequent Omegle too when it was text only, like more than a decade ago. Had a good time and didn’t see a single dick.
Idk why this is being downvoted
-1 it’s his/er right not to know
-2 “WTF thought that was a good idea?!?” Its a perfectly valid question