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Gives me chills, that was so heartfelt and raw. Hurt on all sides, but this is a bit like losing access to a public space because someone committed crimes there
by Blahah 3y ago
Gives me chills, that was so heartfelt and raw. Hurt on all sides, but this is a bit like losing access to a public space because someone committed crimes there.
One of the greatest things Omegle enabled is this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhzHV9QD0Is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhzHV9QD0Is (Harry Mack freestyling for random Omegle matches, it was a series of 90+ episodes and brought me and others so much joy during COVID)
- Lolaccount 3y agoYup, Harry Mack is my boy ... I don't even use Omegle but am full aware of due to HMack ... RIP Omegle
- amanzi 3y agoHe just did the 100th episode the other day and announced he wouldn't be doing any more.
- Blahah 3y agoThe journey of those episodes is really inspiring. Practising in that environment he pushes the boundaries of so many areas of human achievement in one, and once he's better than anyone else in the world (maybe half way through the series) he then starts surpassing himself faster and faster.
- pdxandi 3y agoI’m so glad to see Harry Mack getting love on here. It’s wild that he just shared his last episode on Friday and now the site is shutting down. Glad he already took off and found success.
- jodrellblank 3y agoOr this: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5poLSRa3cpHBfiJ6wQdTQDiI1FruzvN0 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5poLSRa3cpHBfiJ6wQdT... Frank Tedesco, pianist / musician meets people on Omegle, takes song requests and plays them - and for ones he doesn't know, he listens once on his phone then plays them by ear.
- tzs 3y agoAlso see these musicians with many "play for strangers on Omegle" videos: Marcus Veltri, piano, https://www.youtube.com/@MarcusVeltri https://www.youtube.com/@MarcusVeltri Rob Landis, violin, https://www.youtube.com/@RobLandes https://www.youtube.com/@RobLandes Billy Wilkins, guitar and vocals, https://www.youtube.com/@BillyWilkins https://www.youtube.com/@BillyWilkins The Doo, guitar and piana and otamatone, https://www.youtube.com/@TheDooo https://www.youtube.com/@TheDooo Both Frank Tedesco and Marcus Veltri frequently did joint Omegle videos with Rob Landis. Tedesco and Veltri also have some joint videos. I seem to also recall some Wilkins, Landis, and Tedesco collaborations.
- smcleod 3y agoHarry Mack
- cristoperb 3y agoHarry Mack has done a few collaborations with Marcus Veltri and Rob Landis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXKJ3uv_XIk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXKJ3uv_XIk
- 0xbadcafebee 3y agoIs there a word for whatever the human thing is that makes people want to watch reaction videos?
- bpicolo 3y agoThis definitely may have destroyed the career of a large number of widely popular youtubers... It certainly destroyed their format anyway. Imagine they'll hop to a different platform.
- Blahah 3y agoTbh the sad thing isn't any youtuber losing a platform, it's that Omegle was really a place people went when they were having a hard time and other people went there to cheer them up. I really hope there's another platform like it, but I don't know it.
- diamondsdancing 3y agonot video based, but captures some of the spontaneous spirit of omegle. it lets you have live interactions with anyone on the same web page as you. https://www.getmoonbounce.com/ https://www.getmoonbounce.com/
- Tijdreiziger 3y agoSome of them were already on OmeTV, so I imagine that’s where most will move.
- simlevesque 3y agoWhile.we are on the subject of Omegle youtubers, I also love Something About Chickens
- fragmede 3y agohttps://youtu.be/-4e3hi9AWVs https://youtu.be/-4e3hi9AWVs
- subpixel 3y agoLooking for the explainer on this one!
- tzs 3y agoFor that one it may be a combination of two things. 1. He starts out by asking if he can show them a magic trick. They say yes or nod yes. He then exits stage right. He then returns either through the back door or some the side stage left. Where he enters from is too far away from where he left for him to have walked or even ran there in the time between entrance and exit. The part up to where he exists stage left could be pre-recorded. His wording and gestures change slightly with different people but he could have several different pre-recorded segments for this. As Teller once observed: > Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect Penn has said something similar: > The only secret of magic is that I’m willing to work harder on it than you think it’s worth It could then switch to live for his return, where he then actually converses with them to prove that he's live. 2. If he encounters someone whose responses to the pre-recorded segment don't fit in, he skips them. Remember, we don't see how many people he had to try this with to get enough good ones for a video, and recall Teller's quote from above. The one he's done that has me baffled is the one where he does this: 1. He asks them what city they live in. 2. He then tells them he used to live in that city and gives the address of where he lived. It is their address or an address of a close neighbor. He also does this except instead of asking the city he tells them he has a talent for guessing people's names, and then tells them their name. I can see in general how to do these, by using fake disconnects. He uses fake disconnects in one of his most common routines where he asks someone if he can show them a magic trick, starts a "pick a card" type routine, and then disconnects just has he's revealing their card. Then later when the person is connected to someone else either that someone else says "is this your card?" and holds up the correct card or he walks into that someone else's room and shows the card. The key here is that he doesn't really disconnect. He just shows the disconnect screen, and then switches to feeding them video of the other person. They think that they have connected to someone new on Omegle but it is him the whole time. With fake disconnects he could have his subjects in the "tell them their name" bit first talk to an accomplice who gets their name, fake disconnect and fake connect with him, and then he can do his name guess. That should be fairly easy because people often exchange names on Omegle. But full addresses? I'd hope that would be rare, rare enough that even a Penn/Teller level of time would not be enough to get many people.
- rnk 3y agoThanks so much for posting that. I hadn't ever come across Harry Mack. That guy is fantastic. And he gave so much happiness to those people he was rapping for! Just seeing all the delight on their faces gave me a tear in my eye. There's a lot of lonely people in the world, and for a moment, he improved their lives. We need better ways to connect; today I can VC with anyone in the world in a second, but we don't know how to connect like he does. Creators, work to make that kind of connection happen.
- Blahah 3y agoSo happy you've discovered it! In every single video in the series he lifts up a bunch of people who are struggling in a really personal, memorable, inspiring way. I reckon he's saved a few lives (at least).
- amplex1337 3y agoGreat analogy. And.. thank you so much for posting this. HMack is a legend. Every time I listen to him I get stuck for hours. He is mindblowing constantly, pure love. It's worth the excursion every time, no one can amaze and impress like him every time. I've seen some Omegle videos with him before, but this one was really special. Super appreciate this.
- soulofmischief 3y agoMy first thought was, what is Harry Mack going to do now??
- ConorSheehan1 3y agoThe Doo and Marcus Veltri too. So many world class musicians show up randomly on omegle
- donkeyd 3y agoThanks for sharing Harry Mack, never heard of him, but this took me down an emotional rabbit hole. Amazing what music can do.
- op00to 3y ago> a bit like losing access to a public space It's more like losing access to a bar that allowed random people to meet in private rooms, and didn't check they weren't giving access to minors, and didn't check inside the private rooms to prevent sexual abuse.
- joenot443 3y agoAnd so now they’ll have to choose one of the other, even seedier bars. The kids aren’t any better off. You’ve made a poor analogy, though, since obviously it’s very trivial for a bar to validate age at the door. If such a thing were easy for Omegle to do, I’m sure they would.
- op00to 3y agoIf it’s trivial for a bar to validate, why not the same for a web site?
- o_nate 3y agoSeems like a good opening for a service that could validate your age for a low cost and provide a token good for logging on to adults-only sites.
- wizzwizz4 3y agoWith websites, you can have one person serving ten million people, and support that on a single income. With bars, you can only fit about a hundred people in, and enough of them have to be paying customers that you can afford to keep the bar running – but that also means you can physically look at everyone's identification papers.
- op00to 3y agoIf you can’t validate the age of the people using Omegle, perhaps the service is not appropriate to exist.
- hnrodey 3y agoHarry Mack has a very active channel on TikTok where he posts recordings from Omegle. 12/10 highly recommend. Never seen anyone like him.
- FrustratedMonky 3y agoI'm not getting the economics here. With so many big names using it, and it is so popular. Why was it a financial drain? Why can't it keep going? Surely if was making enough money. .
- _eric 3y agoHis Omegle 100[0] video is one of the best one yet, Harry is a legend. [0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijVGIcVRIbk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijVGIcVRIbk
- DoingSomeThings 3y agoThere's an interesting progression watching him over time. While his technical ability has dramatically improved, so too has the engagement. Now you start to get more clips of people saying "Wait. I've seen you on Youtube/TikTok". Love his journey.
- _eric 3y agoDefinitely, it's been a crazy and inspiring journey. I'm kind of bummed it's coming to an end, it was my favorite series of his.
- comprev 3y agoI've been following Harry Mack for years now and he still never ceases to amaze me. Someone who has worked incredibly hard at their craft in a very public manner. The positive vibe he brings makes the internet a little bit better on every encounter. I almost shed a tear when H.Mack got the opportunity to perform in front of his idols, Ice Cube, who said he was one of the best freestyle rappers he's seen, and had followed his career closely for years. A magical moment :-)