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Here Come The Chatroulette Copycats

With all the buzz surrounding video chat service Chatroulette, it was inevitable that entrepreneurs would want in. Hoping to achieve similar traction with a potentially less X-Rated experience, RandomDorm randomly pairs site visitors to its video chat rooms, but only those with a college email address. "We hope to emulate [Chatroulette's] simplicity and ensure a degree of community and security," Josh Weinstein, creator of RandomDorm, tells The New York Times' Bits blog.

Likewise, users can sign in using Facebook as long as the primary email address tied to their account ends with an .edu. "Tying the users to a specific identity will in theory make them more accountable," writes Bits.

Read the whole story at The New York Times' Bits blog »

2 comments about "Here Come The Chatroulette Copycats".
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  1. Nevin Johnson, March 18, 2010 at 3:32 p.m.

    The New cleaner Chat roulette is now here www.vtring.com Seems Fun!

  2. Scott Woodson, March 18, 2010 at 5:23 p.m.

    When I go to that website there is never anyone on it. It says "Users Online: 1". Lame.

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