Last night I decided to have a go at Chat Roulette to see for myself what all the fuss was about. I had heard funny stories from both websites and from friends and thought I’d have a go.

Chat Roulette is a website that utilises video and textual chat, and randomly partners you up with someone across the globe. Because of this, it carries a great big NSFW title with it, merely because of the chance you will see something you aren’t particularly looking for.

I prepared myself for the worst, and knew that somewhere along the way I would come across unsavoury things. A website like this is prone to be exploited by idiots you think it’s funny to show you their bits, and surely enough, within 10 minutes of logging on, there was someone indecently exposing himself with his web cam.

The great thing about the site is that you can quickly move on from someone and randomly find another person by pressing F9, or clicking the ‘Next’ button. Even if you’re in a conversation with someone….the moment you get a bit bored you can cut them off mid-sentence by skipping along to the next person. Because it’s completely anonymous, they can’t contact you with abuse afterwards for leaving….which is a bit rude, but fun at the same time.

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So, the “reality” just keeps pouring into our previously ‘static’ media known as TV. Now, with the ease of your thumb and the necessity of the mobile phone, you can affect the whole course of a TV show!
And what awesome quality levels of viewing too…with the experimental social disaster known as Big Brother to admitting that because of technology, I’m really not smarter than a fifth grader!
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