Omegle
Omegle is a website to chat with a randomly selected, anonymous chat partner. She went online on 25 March 2009 and was created by the then 18-year old Leif K- Brooks of Brattleboro, Vermont, United States. The name derives from Omegle Greek letter omega ( Ω ). This character can also be seen in the logo.
Currently listed the site on a daily 20,000 to 40,000 concurrent users, most of them from the United States.
Operation
Omegle randomly connects two users in a " one-on -one" chat. They are then available to anonymous to the terms " You" ( You ) and " Stranger" ( foreigner ). Both sides can disconnect the connection to the chat partner.
Past and present
Around 100 people were at the start of the service online simultaneously. In April 2009 up to 3000 users ever online and the site had 150,000 hits per day, were in April 2010, already more than 6000 users online simultaneously.
Special features of the site, the mandatory nickname " You" and " Stranger ," the slogan "Talk to Strangers" and the final message "Your conversational partner Has disconnected" at the end of a chat.
Omegle is one of the so-called anonymous or one -on- one chats. Similar approaches were in the early 1990s, even with AOL.
There are no restrictions on age or interest and opinion groups. A filter against vulgar and obscene language, there are not. In a blog about Internet safety criticized the author: " On my first visit I was offered Crack and cursed with a variety of F- words". The BBC News pointed out that omegle is not a page for younger users due to insults.
On the home page the visitor is advised that children under 13 should not use the site and adolescents under 18 years of age should ask their parent or guardian 's permission. In addition, it is recommended not to place undue behavior and to understand that human behavior can not be controlled, but emphasizes that could be despite all meet interlocutors who behave inappropriately. Omegle relies on the personal responsibility of the user to end the call when he feels uncomfortable.
The Omegle brand is deposited in Switzerland.
Chat options
Initially there was only one text chat, which was later extended to a video chat mode. Recently, a so-called " spy -mode chat " exists. In Spy Mode chat a question is asked by a third person on whom the other two can discuss. The questioner can only read along, but not write. Conversely, it is also possible with a stranger to discuss a question asked by another stranger.
Also a function that connects people with common interests has been added. For this, you just have to enter their interests, etc. and you will be connected with other chatters same, have the same or similar interests. One can also use his "likes" from Facebook.
Dissemination
Currently, there are about half a million visitors daily. Thus, the side is omegle.com according to the Alexa Rank worldwide number 3,129 (as of: January 9, 2014), the most popular websites.