Re: [FRIAM] Chatroullete

[Steve Smith]

OK... so I gave up 30 minutes of my life that (proverbially) I will never get back. It consisted roughly of: 20% dark screens with no response 10% muted screens with no response 5% cams aimed at a wall with no response 30% young men clicking through as fast as they can? 10% groups of 2 or more, mostly girls, giggling 10% (young?) men exposing themselves 2 old geeks like me, one in a bad suit I was only able to engage about 3 folks in a (brief) text exchange. My best way of keeping a "partner"'s attention was to put my hand in the camera and make lots of strange gestures that filled the screen... 3 or 4 responded with their own hand gestures, usually resorting to the truly most obvious one as they clicked on down the line. 10 secs max. So far I see no redeeming qualities.  I hear it is addictive...  I'll get back to you on that. Anyone else have their own report on SurrealRoulette?  Steve Fascinating social network evolution: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/weekinreview/21bilton.html http://chatroulette.com/ --Doug -- Doug Roberts drobe...@rti.org d...@parrot-farm.net 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org

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