{"id":9458,"date":"2010-03-21T14:22:35","date_gmt":"2010-03-21T18:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=9458"},"modified":"2010-03-21T14:22:35","modified_gmt":"2010-03-21T18:22:35","slug":"chatroulette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2010\/03\/21\/chatroulette\/","title":{"rendered":"ChatRoulette [Reposted]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JTwJetox_tU<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chatroulette\" target=\"_blank\">ChatRoulette<\/a> is the latest big thing on the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Intertubes\" target=\"_blank\">Intertubes<\/a> &#8212; it is to this online fashion season what Twitter was to the last one.\u00a0 The ingenious little video above has only been up on YouTube for a week but already has almost 4 million views because it very sweetly captures the playful possibilities of encountering random strangers via your web cam.<\/p>\n<p>You can try ChatRoulette for yourself <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chatroulette.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Developments on the Web are moving so quickly these days that we&#8217;ll try to update you regularly on sites of interest.\u00a0 And please let us know if you&#8217;ve come across something you&#8217;d like to share.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reposted:<\/strong> It is in the nature of the Internet that some things are transient: the original video has been taken down for &#8220;violation of use&#8221;.\u00a0 Whatever.\u00a0 But it has been reposted on another account &#8212; 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