Why Don’t Black People Use Chatroulette?
By now you’re probably tired of reading about Chatroulette.com, the video chat Website created by a Russian 17-year-old that randomly pairs strangers for a conversation via computer-to-computer connection. When you are set up with someone you do not wish to talk to, you simply hit “next” to get matched with another person.
The novel concept has been embraced by millions of users a month. On the site you will find men, women, children, men and more men. And for whatever bizarre reason, a rather large group of men have hijacked the site as their very own masturbation catalyst. They set the Web cam up to shoot below the waste and start stroking. These gross dudes are under the impression that users want to see their penises. Do they expect a hot girl or guy to be passing by and fall in love? These guys need a clue and a life. The voyeuristic world would be better place without all of these dicks.
I recently tested Chatroulette by clicking through 500 people to get an idea of the site’s demographics. While far from scientific, the results make the creeps look even creepier.
Several dozen of the people I was paired with were minors. A handful were couples. I came across maybe one or two attractive women of “legal” age. Those who wished to remain anonymous were shooting the cam to stream other media. Many people were alone and bored. And without a doubt, the majority of users on this Saturday morning were men. Pervert men. But there was one group completely absent: Blacks.
During my 500 “nexts,” I counted ONE African American. And to his credit, he kept it in his pants.
Late last year Facebook stated that approximately 11% of users are African American. Black Twitter users account for over 26% of all tweets. So why on earth is Chatroulette so lily white?
Any ideas?
maybe they’ve tried it. I’m black and I use omegle generally (older than CR, same but with text only, video is new. also less popular = less dicks).
Maybe I’m really not that good looking but when I’m not putting up videos (more to be amusing than to hide identity) I generally get disconnects. I even had a 10-12 year old kid call me the n-word before he cut me off.
Another kid told me he doesn’t like black people. I mean really? What is this the 70s? I mean I know it’s not the 80-mid90s anymore but black people are still cool right? I hear we’re getting surpassed by the homosexual but I don’t think they’ve topped us yet.
wolfkin said this on April 11, 2010 3:52 am
There is a ton of racism on Chatroulette, I can’t even go on for five minutes without being called a “n*gger b*tch”. There are a lot of ignorant teenage boys and trolls from the 4chan forums. It kind of sucks because I like the concept of chatting with random people, it’s just that it can never be fun for me.
Stella said this on April 19, 2010 11:57 am
yeah it’s sad but really you’re best bet is to go text only. With text only you can get rid of 90% of the dudes who just want someone to watch them jerk off. You’ll cut out the trolls who put up fake videos like porn of the one of Jessica Alba. Text only isn’t perfect. most of my conversations within the first 7 sentences will be ‘asl’d which means if I say I’m a guy it’s disconnect, but when still you’re odds of conversation are still better than the video versions.
wolfkin said this on April 19, 2010 3:31 pm