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Chatroulette Created By 17-Year-Old

Posted by: Mike Pomranz | February 15, 2010 at 12:00PM

Information has emerged via The New York Times blog that controversial random video chat site and current best way to see 15 seconds of a middle-aged man masturbating, Chatroulette, was created by a 17-year-old Russian high school student named Andrey Ternovskiy.

People are surprised that a 17-year-old could be behind what to many seems like a rather complicated website, but all the signs were there…

First, Russians are behind another, equally exciting yet potentially dangerous roulette, Russian roulette.  That's a giveaway right there!

Second, only a teenager could be naive enough to think that if you randomly connect two strangers from anywhere in the world via a webchat, the odds aren't strongly in favor of at least one of those two people being a man dressed in drag listening to German synthpop and exposing his dong.

And finally, only a teenager would create a website where you are likely to see a man dressed in drag listening to German synthpop and exposing his dong and immediately tell all his friends!

In retrospect, seems pretty obvious to me.