Are you looking for someone to talk to? Are you tired of the same old chat system that so many websites now offer? There is a new website in town that you might want to consider looking at. The website is Omegle.
An eighteen-year-old high school student has created a site (Omegle) that allows total strangers to talk to each other. You do not have to create a profile, user name, or even remember a password. You just load up the site, which loads very quickly because of its simplistic design. The site is so simple that you can even load it up on your I-phone with the right application. Once you are on the site, you just click on ‘start a chat’ and you will be immediately connected with some stranger from somewhere else in the world.
You will be connected with someone that has the handle; ‘stranger’ and you can start talking one on one with a stranger. Your handle is ‘you.’ Anytime you want, you can disconnect and start a new conversation. You also have the option to save your log or send
Omegle feedback. It is easy to use and you never know whom you will be talking to next. You might be talking to a 22-year-old college senior from California one minute, and then a 44-year-old French pastry chef from France. The possibilities are endless.
The new site was created back in March of this year (2009) by Leif K-Brooks of the USA. K-Brooks is a high school student who wanted to give people a new way to interact on the Internet. He is an amateur programmer who wants to shake up the way
stranger chat. The website claims to be drawing about 150,000 hits a day and has as high as three thousand users on at any one time.
The rising interest in the website may reveal how people are tired of the same old ways of meeting others. Many other sites group people by zip codes or areas in order to allow the user to meet someone who may be somewhat close to them. This is done to allow for real life meetings if the interactions go well.
