Chatroulette Online – The Latest Social Networking Craze
It started innocently enough. 17 year old Andrey Ternovskiv of Moscow, Russia was simply toying with some online chat software and a fun idea for doing some online chatting with friends. But, as with many things, this idea has somehow turned into the latest online chat phenomenon.
Ternovskiv was looking for something different than the static, predictable format of just Skyping with friends. He is a teenager and was looking for a way to spice up the online chat experience. His idea was to create a way for friends to connect to a site and connect with random individuals to chat online with the webcam watching all the way. What has evolved is a phenomenon that has tens of thousands of followers… and counting.
Sites are popping up all over the internet showcasing mostly funny and sometimes disturbing pictures recorded during chatroulette sessions. Whether it is curiousity that draws people in or boredom, there is always something interesting waiting for the chatroulette user. While many of the encounters on chatroulette.com are innocent enough, there are plenty of oddballs out there just waiting for the next connection. Don’t be surprised if the next person in the queue is partially or completely disrobed, or doing something perverse with various and sundry body parts. This is definitely not for the faint-of-heart and most definitely not for young kids. While you can simply click the “next” button if you don’t like what you see… you still have to see it to make the decision.
All a person needs to participate in a chatroulette, free online chat is a computer, internet connection and a web cam. Go to chatroulette.com and click the “Play” button at the top of the screen and watch the top window on the left side of the screen. This is your “partner”. Don’t like what you see? No problem, click the next button and move on to someone else.
If you’re wondering what this is all about, give it a shot. I’m guessing that if you are older than 19 it will get pretty old pretty fast, but it sure makes for an interesting evening.