The New York Times calls it  “The latest online phenomenon connects you through webcams to a random, fathomless succession of strangers from across the globe.”.  I’m calling it exactly what the title of this post says, a place that introduces thousands of bored and curious people to countless numbers of oddballs and perverts.Let this picture below serve as a microcosm of what you will eventually find on Chatroulette.

I visited Chatroulette for the first time yesterday with Sara Bekerman of Buzztxt, and was immediately intrigued how you are instantly sent anywhere across the world into another person’s living room, office, or god knows what. With a simple click of the “Next” button, conversation is cut and you are sent somewhere else.

It was after the 3rd person we connected to talk to that i realized Chatroullete may not be for everyone, or at  least for the unprepared.  Our chat window opened up to a screen showing a man in nothing more than his birthday suit, doing exactly what you would expect a naked man on camera over the internet would be doing. It was hilariously shocking to say the least.

Casey Neistat took a scientific, entertaining and very interesting  approach to just what Chatroulette is, how it works, and who is on it.  No big surprise that the overwhelming majority is male.   Take a peak:

chat roulette from Casey Neistat on Vimeo.