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by fkyoureadthedoc 958 days ago
We all know this is not true, not even close. Read through the comments here, there's a clear overwhelming majority opinion blaming the family rather than the company. Even beyond this post, I've never seen this called for on this site.

You are in a clear majority position but still pretend to be persecuted and victimized by an imagined boogeyman.
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concordDance 958 days ago
I agree I'm in the majority here on hackernews, but I'm also in the minority in my country (the UK) given the monitoring provisions now required by social media companies and where private communication of ideas between individuals is punishable[1].

[1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67331657

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2devnull 958 days ago
This thread is about what exactly?
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fkyoureadthedoc 958 days ago
Several hundred Hackernews act incredulous about the Omegle shut down?
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2devnull 958 days ago
If having as you claim support from the majority and yet they are still being shutdown, maybe their claim to unfair treatment from a coordinated opposition has some merit?

I had no view either way until reading this thread, and seeing that many adults used the site, which it seems did nothing illegal. Their greatest sin it seems was allowing humans to connect with one another. Something that’s increasingly seen as a danger that requires government intervention into.

If people could go back in time, we would never have public education because “it attracts predators and facilitates child victimization!”

See how stupid that is?

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fkyoureadthedoc 957 days ago
> If having as you claim support from the majority

Of this thread. I presume the vast majority of people don't really care about Omegle, and I wouldn't be surprised if most of the nostalgic commenters here haven't actually used it since 2009. I have semi recently, and let me tell you there was a lot more dick on there than I remember.

I do find it weird that most of this post is blaming (in order) the family, the government, woke society. It seems fairly obvious to me we should be blaming the people showing their dicks to everyone and the pedophiles.

Overall I understand any site choosing to shut down rather than having to foot the bill of policing their users, I probably would too.

> If people could go back in time, we would never have public education because “it attracts predators and facilitates child victimization!”

We both know this isn't true. We still have church after all.

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concordDance 956 days ago
> I do find it weird that most of this post is blaming (in order) the family, the government, woke society. It seems fairly obvious to me we should be blaming the people showing their dicks to everyone and the pedophiles.

There is no point in blaming parts of the system that we can't change. As a society, we have mechanisms for changing liability laws and allowing/banning free communication. But there is no mechanism that has a worthwhile cost for ensuring there are no pedophiles in the world.

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nyx 958 days ago
Ahh... I miss n-gate's webshit weekly. You know he'd have been all over this thread.

Omegle (business model: "Uber for child grooming")

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