Chatroulette

Chatroulette is a very bizarre yet intriguing concept. I remember last year when someone told me about it, all I could think of was having a face put to all of those terrible comments that are posted on youtube videos daily. Of course like many people in college I checked it out with a bunch of people huddled around my computer, however it didn't last long. It was funny for a little while but that initial interest wore off quickly. Going back to the website this past week, I couldn't help but realize how little had changed. There were still a bunch of creepy people, random bros, and people way too young to be on weird sites like that. It's a concept that at first is interesting but ultimately doesn't stand the test of time. It reminds me of that Dave Chappelle skit in which the internet is a real place and he realizes just how strange the majority of things on there are. I understand the excitement of chatting with a complete stranger, but the pool of people that this website is drawing from is made up of too many strange people.