Earlier this week, while looking through the Washington Post I stumbled on an article by Monica Hesse about a new fad online, ChatRoulette.com. Hesse says in ChatRoulette.com is the latest fad in social networking Web sites
Trollers of the Internet, you have been looking for the next big thing. Facebook bores you. Twitter is too frenetic. For months you have been wanting something different — a way to connect with people online that will both stir your heart and turn your stomach, that will launch a thousand privacy debates and discussions over just what our society is coming to.
The experience is either an unbridled realization of the Internet’s awesome randomness, or a compilation tape of its greatest hits: Omegle meets Hot or Not meets Match.com, plus a liberal dose of shame.
Personally, as far as I can tell, ChatRoulette.com is just plain garbage. It’s a useless waste of time that I can’t see building any kind of real relationships without some better social networking structure. I don’t just see it as burning out, I truly hope it does burn out quickly.
