Don’t talk to strangers! Well now you can.

I stumbled upon a really neat social media service called Omegle.  In a matter of minutes I was randomly chatting with a person in Australia and a guy taking a break from an overnight cram session at Berkley.  As a business tool, I just can’t see Omegle being a resource for you to meet your next prospect. One thing though, it is another example of the power of online communications to meet new people easily.

Omegle requires no sign in, account creation and your identity is kept as stranger.  Does it put a cookie on your system?  The one thing Omegle gets is the ease of access and really no barriers to entry.

Will Omegle become another time waster for bored business people?

What do you have to say about these services?  Time waster or something you can use?

My new friend from Berkley also shared how he uses Omegle “when i get bored of studying i get on this deal”.  I can now picture all the IT techs scurrying to block Omegle on the firewalls of their customers.  I have to agree with some of their philosophies around “practical application” in business.  Omegle in my opinion is a social tool, unlike Facebook, Twitter, blogs and other social media services there is no real business connection at this time.  At this time is the keyword.

But hey, just doing my duty as your Calgary Social Media Consultant.


  • http://court-aaron.com Aaron Court

    Thanks for the great article on Omegle, Stuart — and here is my e-mail modified for blogging as you suggested.

    Just to let all of the readers know, that I tried the Omegle.com service out this morning and here are my comments.

    My 4th conversation or chat was about politics — and the stranger and I reached a consensus on the growing socialism system in North American countries. The first 3 chats were not very useful and somewhat uncomfortable as the intentions were mostly to find someone in a personal relationship. Nice thing, was that the conversations can be terminated immediately without risking too much with personal information disclosure.

    I’m not sure about the security policy of Omegle. I sent an request through the feedback link and hope to get a reply soon. Kind of bizarre that this experiment doesn’t have a lengthy legal framework, like some of the more popular ones.

    Overall, I found that this might be a refreshing way to meet people without requiring involuntary “molding” like MySpace into sharing demographics that you really don’t want. Hopefully, I will be able to get some answers about the company that is maintaining this service before I do much more with it.

  • http://court-aaron.com Aaron Court

    Tried the video chat on Omegle later this evening, and found that because my looks (bald and older) that most of the teenagers and young adults either laughed or swore at me.
    I sent another feedback to Omegle, (which will be my last unless they reply).
    So, if you’re a young adult or teenager, you may find that the Video chat is more entertaining…

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