ChatRoulette : Web Ecology Project

An Initial Survey

with Patrick Davison, Mike Edwards, Devin Gaffney, Sam Gilbert, Erhardt Graeff, Jennifer Jacobs, Dan Luxemburg, Kunal Patel, Mike Rugnetta, & Karina van Schaardenburg

This paper represents an initial study of ChatRoulette.com, conducted between February 6th and 7th, 2010 by researchers in attendance at Web Ecology Camp III in Brooklyn, NY. We sampled 201 ChatRoulette sessions, noting characteristics such as group size and gender. We also conducted 30 brief interviews with users to inquire about their age, location, and frequency of ChatRoulette use.

Summary

â€¢ ChatRoulette represents an example of a probabilistic community: a community shaped by a platform which mediates the encounters between its users by eliminating lasting connections between them.

â€¢ After ChatRoulette users become more acquainted with the system (ie., do not browse solely to explore), we predict a decrease in explicit content, an increase in the consolidation of content genres, and an increase in the formation of celebrity figures.

â€¢ Our survey shows that ChatRouletteâ€™s current community continues to consist of males age 18-24, concurrent with Alexa data.

You can download our report here.

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http://www.alansondheim.org/ Alan Sondheim

I'm getting a 404 on the pdf – constantly – document not found. Please resend either to me at sondheim@panix.com or the AIR-L list. My colleagues would also be interested in this. Thanks, Alan
Alex Leavitt

To Alan and others: We had a blip occur for about 30 min., but the paper should be available again. Sorry; I reuploaded after a typo correction, but I didn't change to the new URL.
roncallari

Interesting study – would it be OK to add some of your stats to my blog and linking back to your study?
http://inventorspot.com/articles/chatroulette_g…
Alex Leavitt

Please feel free!
roncallari

Hi Alex. Keep me updated on future studies whether it be for ChatRoulette or other social media reports. Thanks,Ron
Alex Leavitt

Ron, please continue to help spread our work! A convenient way to keep track of us is to follow us on Twitter: @webecology.
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vlectronica

this is awesome! I'm definitely writing a blog post on this. Please also let me know if you do any further studies on video chat phenomenon!
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this is awesome! I'm definitely writing a blog post on this. Please also let me know if you do any further studies on video chat phenomenon!
vlectronica

this is awesome! I'm definitely writing a blog post on this. Please also let me know if you do any further studies on video chat phenomenon!
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this is awesome! I'm definitely writing a blog post on this. Please also let me know if you do any further studies on video chat phenomenon!
Alex Leavitt

Will do! Send me a message when you have your response written up!
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The concept of chatroulette is nice! Getting people together is always nice! :) But i prefer FaceBuzz! It's the same thing except they have a porn filter and other nice features! It's a bit faster also! If you get tired of seeing dicks all the time you should check it out! :P
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Great report. Really interested if there are any follow ups. Chatroulette is definitely gaining momentum.
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In my experience, Chatroulette seems to be full of men exposing themselves – something which is especially concerning considering children use the site and there's no features in place to protect them. There are other sites identical to chatroulette, such as SpintheCam.com which has features in place where you can block/report any innapropriate content – I also find it's a lot faster loading than chatroulette (I know chatroulette has had problems with its servers recently too).
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would you mind giving me the citation for this survey on mla format please? i would love to use this as reference to my research on chatroulette
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