Chatroulette

[MichaelB]

Daily Show segment on Chatroulette from Thursday. Video: Tech-Talch - Chatroulette | The Daily Show | Comedy Central

I think I won't bother checking this out - too afraid of finding a friend or acquaintance - or even worse, a family member

 

[travelover]

This might be a new way to find Osama BinLaden

 

[RonBoyd]

I think this captures the essence of the experience:

http://vimeo.com/9669721

 

[Onward]

Great video. Slightly scary-looking narrator though.

 

[bbbamI]

I loved the video. Makes me wonder how he defines an old person though....

Yeah I know...I'm one of them... If I had a webcam, I'd give chatroulette a whirl. Gotta at least try somethin' new in my old age...

 

[RonBoyd]

An interview with the person who thought up the idea:

One on One: Andrey Ternovskiy, Creator of Chatroulette - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

Andrey Ternovskiy, a polite, excited and eager Russian high school student, scoured the Internet trying to find a Web site that allowed random video chats with strangers. When he realized a site like that didn’t exist, he decided to build it. Three months and tens of millions of users later, the 17-year-old is wandering around New York City and (soon) San Francisco talking to investors and programmers about where to take his project next.

 

[W2R]

Our local news did a segment on Chatroulette last night. Until hearing our news anchor pronounce the word "Chatroulette", I didn't realize that the "Chat" part referred to "chatting"... I was pronouncing it as in "chat", the French word for cat, and I wondered what cats had to do with it.

 

[calmloki]

you had it right - the internet is made of cats:

The Internet Is Made Of Cats - rathergood.com

 

[W2R]

NOW I understand!! Thank you!

 

[Koolau]

be careful what you wish for....

Was this one of the "stars" of the movie "Seven? with Brad Pitt/Morgan Freeman?

 

[RonBoyd]

More fun:

YouTube - Chat Roulette Funny Piano Improv #1#