We can all get some sleep now! From the New York Times:

The lingering mystery, though, was who was behind the site. The question was answered on Saturday when Andrey Ternovskiy responded to the questions we sent to an e-mail address on Chatroulette. Mr. Ternovskiy said he was a 17-year-old high school student in Moscow.

“I was not sure whether I should tell the world who I am mainly because of the fact that I am under age. Now I think that it would be better to reveal myself,” Mr. Ternovskiy wrote.
I asked Mr. Ternovskiy about the origin of the idea for ChatRoulette, how he manages the technical challenges of running the site, whether he viewed it as a business, and about the way some people were using Chatroulette in, as he put it, “some not very nice ways.” Here are his e-mailed responses, slightly edited and condensed:

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I’ve been having fun punking chatroulette.  I was inspired by the Jonas Bros. prank but decided to push it a bit further.

check it:

http://mylostcity.tumblr.com/post/384277264/worst-roulette-scenes-since-deerhunter

Is it weird that the idea of awkwardly sitting across from a total stranger having to make small talk sounds about as attractive to me as a root canal? There’s a reason I’m on the internet and not out socializing with strangers. Only 13 year-olds stuck in their houses (rather than 38 year-olds choosing to be stuck in their houses) would find this novel.<br><a href=“http://www.fsa.gov.uk/register/indivHistory.do;jsessionid=eb3339c459c14aa19ae3ee81e11b1296.s6fNml1Ka34InBbv-ArJrwTPoNCNa30Ocybtah0IaNuIahiIb3yIaNfwmxiInxiOahmLc3aTc2SHc30Ka2aToi5hch0Na2TSn7bvq70KagTAqQ4InQXQ-BjF8NiMb38Mc2bMnkrDqRfzqwbMnkrDqRfzqwbynknvrkLOlQzNp65In0__?sid=278953”>akwasi duodu</a>