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Facebook + ChatRoulette = FaceRoulette

by mojaam on 3/15/10, 2:05 AM with 22 comments

It's like Chatroulette but only for people from Facebook. No fakers and dirty old men anymore! Give it a try and spread the word!
  • by dbz on 3/15/10, 3:31 AM

    ChatRoulette is no fun, imho, because I don't want to see people jacking off or talk to random 70 year old men. (I tried it two days ago with a friend.)

    People who use ChatRoulette say "I'm used to seeing guys jack off." (not just my friend, everyone I have talked to says it) That's a phrase I never thought I'd hear- nor something I want to hear. I wonder what they will say about this site.

  • by zitterbewegung on 3/15/10, 2:49 AM

    Doesn't work for me...
  • by dtran on 3/15/10, 9:20 AM

    Interesting concept... doesn't have the crazy/high-novelty factor that chatroulette has, but using FBConnect opens a whole different set of possibilities - only connect to people with a certain shared interest, gender/age, or "Looking for" ;)
  • by DaniFong on 3/15/10, 2:23 AM

    Holy shit, someone just built this?! I just posted this as an idea I hoped someone would steal...

    -- Oh, I see via the whois records that it was not, in fact, registered today. Oh good, the world is not insane...

  • by ZitchDog on 3/15/10, 2:27 AM

    This could be hugely popular.
  • by yosho on 3/15/10, 2:37 AM

    The popup for facebook login is annoying and is caught by ad blockers
  • by FayDD on 3/15/10, 2:19 AM

    Works pretty good here! I love the idea! No more naked men :D
  • by white_eskimo on 3/15/10, 6:26 AM

    "The attempt to connect to the Adobe Stratus service timed out. We will wait for 10 more seconds the next time."

    then radio silence...

  • by jacquesm on 3/15/10, 2:07 AM

    facebook + chatroulette = instant firefox crash (at least on this box...)
  • by polymath21 on 3/15/10, 2:43 AM

    I'm very interested in seeing if this takes off...
  • by kajecounterhack on 3/15/10, 3:01 AM

    Seems like everyone on this is from news.yc.
  • by DFootball on 3/15/10, 2:38 AM

    The total anonymity of chatroulette and the shock value of seeing random cocks makes it much more risky and exciting.

    FaceRoulette is taking an awesome concept and making it too safe to be successful.

    Sorry, just calling it like I'm seeing it.

  • by csomar on 3/15/10, 8:55 AM

    By curiosity: What framework did he used?

    (I did he wrote with Flash from scratch or used a specific, flash framework)