[epanchin]

When Omegle shut down I looked here for when it was launched. All the replies to its first post, ~14 years ago, were negative.

For the curious: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=539753

[mvkel]

In Omegle's case, was the criticism wrong? It was un-monetizable and ended under thumb of lawsuits.

[inhumantsar]

look at the impact Omegle had and tell me it wasn't worth pursuing even if all those criticisms ended up being correct.

[mvkel]

what was its impact?

[smithcoin]

but it was a great ride while it lasted*

[uoaei]

The causes may have been obvious but the timeline estimates were way off.