Omegle, a website that pairs random visitors through video and text chat, has spiked in popularity over the last four months.
Now, months later and with no sign of the virus’ end in sight, it seems we’ve reached the taking-to-strangers online stage of boredom and isolation. There were raves, meetings, meditations and movie nights, all of which took place on the internet. Then everyone became a gamer, inviting visitors to their virtual islands and sending friends digital gifts. First there was the Zoom boom, followed quickly by Zoom fatigue.
