The April 2010 issue of WIRED magazine features the second installment of my monthly column, Mr. Bit. The topic is Chatroulette... So, is there anything surprising or ever remotely innovative about the website that everybody is talking about these days (read: "yesterday")? Does real-time interaction via webcam add something new to our ongoing fascination for digital voyeurism and surveillance - e.g. We Live in Public or Surveillance Screensaver (aka "A haunting live soap opera")? Since it would be foolish to reduce something so complex in a few paragraphs, we ask you guys to solve the riddle. See you soon on Stickam?
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Related: Mr.Bit #1: The Gamification of Life
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