Omegle Shuts Down After 14 Years

[stewie_e]

Omegle has officially shut down after 14 years. pic.twitter.com/agGJkd65KV
- Pop Base (@PopBase) November 9, 2023

Omegle has shut down after 14 years, the founder Leif K-Brooks announced in a statement on Wednesday. Leif explained that the costs of managing the platform and combating its misuse have become overwhelming, making it financially and

Comments

[violue]

TIL omegle was still a thing

[yami_no_hoshi]

Yeah lol I was surprised to hear it was still around
(Something people would say about Livejournal, I’m sure😭)

[tigermilk]

I’ve had coworkers be like “wait what?” when I mention that I still post on Livejournal. It makes me feel like a weird hipster with a typewriter at the bar or something.

[yami_no_hoshi]

I mentioned I’m on ONTD to my friend and she was like “oh wow, livejournal, that takes me back.”
We kind of are the hipster with the typewriter of the internet tbh lol

[tigermilk]

TIL that Omegle was a thing, somehow despite decades of internet I found something I apparently totally skipped

[seenomore]

I'm disturbed that it's been 14 years since 2009...

[waffletaco]

no it hasn't.

[wonheaux]

it's for the best, honestly.
i'm gonna miss tippy doing omegle videos though. 😭

[lovelylaura23]

Tippy is another of my omegle trolling faves. RIP

[tobesurrounded]

i can't believe that that old ontd post has over 5000 comments

[lolzerz]

Fuck i am terrified to read it i already saw a comment from my 17 year old self on the first page

[ty]

Was his name Chris?

[moonisaballoon]

I remember someone posted a historical ONTD post and I found 15 year old me saying "ROFL XD" or something, and it made me want to walk into the sea