Chat Roullete is a new fad that has hit the online scene, giving people with a microphone and a video camera to "meet" strangers on the web. This website has been given a lot of attention by the media. Fox News says, "Chatroulette Is 'Predator's Paradise" because of the accessibility of the site and the need for many site users to expose themselves. The picture above was taken from the Fox News article that I embedded, and the man in the picture claimed to be a member of the U.S. Army. He is probably the most normal person on chatroullete.
I have been on chatroullete and half of the people on there are naked men, which is pretty disgusting no matter what way you look at it. However, from my personal experience, there are some interesting people you can meet on chatroullete. When I was on the site I talked to a member of the Armed Services, who was killing time.
As exciting as the site is, I dont think chatroullete is going to be a powerful new media outlet, because it is plagued with perverts and the quality of the conversation is seriously lacking intelligence. The site is purely a spectacle. Now news is actually being spread with people cycling through other video streams and trying to avoid nudity. Also, the platform on which you communicate is always in jeopardy on chatroullete, whereas on facebook you can always refer back to your homepage and post information that will be there more permanently than on chatroullete.
John Stewart did a great piece on chatroullete last night. He examined what the news sources said about chatroullete, and the funny part of the sequence was that the reporters did not realize how many inapropriate conduct is on the site. John Stewart then proceeds to test out chatroullete online himself. He encounters random reporters who act like they do on their professional venues. It is pretty hilarious
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