Chat roulette is one of the hottest new experiences available on the internet. The concept was first introduce by a young man in Russia in 2009 and took off like wild fire. By March of 2010 the site was averaging 35,000 viewers at any given time.

Chat roulette involves video chat with random strangers. A roulette wheel is used for gambling. On chat roulette sites, you are gambling with who you will be finding yourself looking at with each ‘spin’ of the wheel. If you aren’t happy with the current view, hit the Next button and receive a new chat partner. You, as well as everyone else on the site, can be continually moving from one person to the next.

The exhibitionist type personalities love these sites. You will find people dressed in weird costumes (or not dressed in some cases) and doing all manner of weird things in order to catch your attention and keep you from passing them by too quickly.

Because of the limited ability to control what participants show or say on these sites, many of the sites are rated for adults only. Warnings regarding the possibility of offensive visuals and language are generally provided before you enter, if that is the case. The popularity of the sites has drawn providers to deliver alternatives to enable younger users and those preferring a more family friendly atmosphere with options as well.

Below is a list of some of the most well known of the chat roulette sites.

1. Chatroulette – This is the original site that started the ball rolling (pardon the pun). Enter in and take a spin. In the beginning stages of the site, you had no selection options at all. Your chat partner might be male or female, English speaking or not, etc. Now, this site and many others, allow you to make some selections regarding the types of chat partners you might be looking for.
2. Omegle - This site seems to be the most well-known outside of the original chatroulette.com. It provides you with the standard warnings about possible profanity and nudity before you venture into the chatting arena.
3. 4teenschat - Videoencounter sponsors this site which provides a chat roulette opportunity for teens. They have some pretty strong language on the home page warning predatory adults about the consequences of entering the site. The tagline of the site is: …for teens only, NO parents, NO predators and NO freaks!
4. Cam-2-Cam – This is Videoencounter’s adult site. As with the teen site, you will find flags of many nations lined up across the top of the page. The flags actually represent the variety of language choices you can choose from when participating in the chat site.
5. facebuzz - This site labels itself as a ‘video speed chatting game’.  The ‘game’ is still chat roulette. The home page on this site is very up beat and inviting. None of the glaring warnings seen on some of the other sites.
6. Blurrypeople – Since most of the chat roulette sites work basically the same, it’s hard to come up with a unique draw to bring people to your site. Blurrypeople had some creative people developing the site. For the first three minutes of your connection in a chat the views are blurred. For some people this is a negative but for others it increased the entertainment value and encouraged them to spend more time with each new chat partner.
7. Shufflepeople – This site grabbed a big opportunity to join in the game during a short time when the Chatroulette.com site was out of commission due to technical issues. Created by a video dating service, this site was already prepared for many of the issues that Chatroulette was learning about in mid-swing. With some swift, targeted marketing, Shufflepeople quickly picked up many of the surfers left stranded outside the Chatroulette domain.
8. Chathopper - This site actively promotes itself as a place to flirt with other guys and gals. In addition, the site encourages you to record and post your favorite chat experiences on facebook or your blog. Record and post? That’s right. Something to keep in mind when on a chat roulette site. Your chat partner can record YOU and post the shot on other sites.
9. Webcam-chat-roulette – This site is about as basic as you get. No frills. Lots of ads along each side of the video box. A big warning label before you enter that they are not responsible for what you are about to see or hear.
10. Lollichat - This site lets people know right away that it is NOT a site for sharing nudity or pornography of any sort. Showing of genitals or pornographic material on the site will get your ISP address reported to Interpol and the video shot you provided will be handed over for evidence. Chatters on this site have chosen it for that reason.

It is the hot new craze. As with many such things, once the novelty wears off it may be difficult to maintain their attraction of this generation of surfers whose attention spans are getting shorter and shorter.

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