I read about the beta-launch of something called Chatroulette this morning on a German blog I frequent called Nerdcore and something tells me this thing is gonna be HUGE. As in huge, huge. Facebook huge.

First off, it’s super easy to use—hit the “start” button, and you’re off. The people you’ll meet are from all over the world and Chatroulette works in real time (like Skype) and there’s audio, too.

What makes this thing so exciting/addicting/cringeworthy all at the same time is easy to summarize: You never know WHO you’re going to get when you click that button. My friend and I tested it out today. Our first interaction was with a male in his mid-20s. He said he was from China. Fifth go around we got the Jonas Brothers. No shit, it was the real Jonas Brothers. “Are you guys the Jonas Brothers?” They said they were in New Jersey. It looked like they were in an airport.  There was a lot of starring and smiling going on. They asked if I was a fan of theirs. I said nothing. Awkward moment. Screen went black, we lost contact.

But seriously, there is lots of WEIRD shit going on here. Lonely guys jacking off in front of their computers, couples having sex and waving at you, monster mask pole dancing, obese women masturbating, lesbian orgies, guys eating pizza watching football, folks wearing clown masks, wholesome families waving at you, people smoking joints, teenagers yelling “show me your tits!’... it’s endless.  I was truly shocked by what I was seeing, but that’s not to say we weren’t laughing so hard we were crying for several hours.  Aside from teen pop star siblings—I mean, what are the chances?—we also encountered a hillbilly mom and her son who looked at us on her screen and murmured “They must be ‘hipsters.’ I’ve heard all about them” as well as a man… and his dog, let’s just say, and leave it at that…

This isn’t going to end well. Not at all.
 
UPDATE: I was punked! Chat Roulette With The Jonas Brothers
 
If you want to know more about Chatroulette, read The Human Shuffle: Is ChatRoulette the future of the Internet or its distant past?
 
Chatroulette (NSFW)

it totally is super addicting. i had a funny face competition with a kid in south korea, talked about john cage with some guy in slovenia, watched some girl rapidly take off her clothing out of no where and yeaaaah a lot of penis.

i think that jonas brothers thing is fake…? i saw that too and assumed it was a rolling clip someone uploaded or some such as a joke.

I had a “Being John Malkovich” moment when I stumbled upon myself.  Here’s the screenshot:

http://knowcebo.tumblr.com/post/377605101/in-a-being-john-malkovich-moment-i-stumbled

I’ve been addicted to this for a week now.

I have been trying desperately to try and get a jerking off guy stop and talk to me, I was able to make one laugh while he was masturbating to the point where he lost his erection, but that was it.

@Danny, you sure it was not one of the Jonas brothers?

strange how scary it is the first time. it’s like making a prank call where they can see you. 

i didn’t get any penis (yet), but i can see this being a great party pick-me-up.

great find.

-A

I’ve just been on and I’m giggling uncontrollably at the whole point of this website - I can se me being addicted to this then burning out very quickly!

...is the insidious josh harris behind this?

I’m streaming the DM Gen-P interview over chatroulette right now.  It’s hard to pass up a captive audience.

its’ nice, lots of kids shouting at me “old man”. good thing am polluting the shit out of this planets, have a good life, losers!

chatroulette is quite simply amazing and fascinating.  my roomates and I last night spent 30 minutes on it and met: a loneley kid in copenhagen; a kid in china who spoke no english, but we communicated by holding things up to the camera in gestures of friendship (we showed him a mickey mouse figurine, and he offered us a cigarette and light); a group of italian guys who spoke little english (they spouted english catch phrases at us and we sang ‘that’s amore’); 2 guys holding up a life-sized cutout of michael jordan, who responded enthusiastically to the life-sized cutout of admiral akbar that we were holding up; some drunk college kids in Kansas; and a kind of depressing guy in Kentucky who didn’t want to finish college because then he’d have to get a job.  we told him to move to new york, but he said he didn’t have any money….  oh, and we also saw a few dicks, naturally.

thank yo ufor pointing this wonderful service out to me.

I am officially scared of that website.
I talked to a creepy old man who had his hair dyed and his face painted like the joker from the batman movie.

i saw the jonas brothers too and alot of dicks? like really grow up people are pathetic losers showing there hairy ass dicks to cameras that no one wants to seee like screw the creater i have had 11 year olds going on this website and then getting a dick and is now scarred for life because of these disgusting perverts getting boners on the camerea and jizzing like your cool like these need to fucking stop its just disgusting.

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chatroulette is ok. For my part I tried FaceBuzz and i think it’s better. It’s the same thing except it’s faster and has a porn filter! If you get tired of getting dicks on your screen you should check it out!!