Fascinating look at chatroulette.com from The New York Times through the eyes of its founder, which has taken on a life of its own.
“Everyone finds his own way of using the site. Some think it is a game, others think it is a whole unknown world, others think it is a dating service.
I think it’s cool that such a simple concept can be useful for so many people. Although some people are using the site in not very nice ways – I am really against it. Others do really unbelievable things I could never think of. They make up songs about strangers and sing to them, draw them, listen to music, broadcast them their own music. Two groups of teenagers can party together. That’s just great in my opinion.”
