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Singer Ben Folds once did this during a huge concert. So random people looking for a video chat would suddenly see a man on a stage in front of a huge audience
by MilnerRoute 7y ago
Singer Ben Folds once did this during a huge concert. So random people looking for a video chat would suddenly see a man on a stage in front of a huge audience...singing a song about them. ("Hello Mr. Shirtless Man. How are you doin' today? Is it hot in there...?")
https://www.pigdog.org/auto/viva_la_musica/link/3203.html https://www.pigdog.org/auto/viva_la_musica/link/3203.html
- geddy 7y agoI remember quite a while back, Chat Roulette song improv was a big thing. It was the guy in the hoodie - PianoChatImprov on Youtube. I just looked it up and, wow, that was 10 years ago. This was also before Chat Roulette became nothing but dongs.
- Nursie 7y agoI'm kinda surprised there was a "before" in that situation. I presumed that was what was going tonhappen from the get-go. Perhaps I am too cynical.
- artursapek 7y agoYou'd think with the state of machine learning these days someone could have another go at it, and ban users who show their dongs
- glasenator 7y agoNot Hotdog
- kripy 7y agoOr for those that want it, have a dong on / dong off preference.
- toyg 7y agoSadly, no. At the beginning it was mostly random people. Unfortunately, you need very little to ruin things - most normal people will not play even with a 10% chance of getting a dong, and the more “normies” leave, the higher that chance gets, in a vicious circle.
- trianglem 7y agoIn these confusing times I sometimes tend to forget that being a normie is a good thing.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoThat's not the definition of 'normie' I'm familiar with. In fact, I'd expect normies to be the ones showing dongs.
- recursive 7y agoNormie means unremarkable middle-of-the-road as far as I know. Showing dongs in anonymous video chats is not what I'd expect from a normie.
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- stronglikedan 7y agoMaybe it just normalized to be only "normies", and normal people just happen to really like dongs, even if unspoken?
- beshrkayali 7y agothe question is, would it be possible to implement something like that in a way where dong shows don't take over? What is it exactly that turned chat roulette into that?
- OJFord 7y ago> What is it exactly that turned chat roulette into that? Being on the internet?
- dec0dedab0de 7y ago* would it be possible to implement something like that in a way where dong shows don't take over? * Having an option to mark yourself as NSFW, and to decide if you want to see NSFW cams would go a long way.
- strombofulous 7y agoIIRC they had this and only guys used it (because only guys were naked on chatroulette to begin with) so nobody used it.
- thatcat 7y agoYea, discord can detect dicks. I'm guessing that the hotdog/no hotdog algorithm is advanced enough by now.
- chipperyman573 7y agoReally? I've never been in a group where one is sent, does it block it or just mark it as NSFW?
- thatcat 7y agoThere might be a setting for the room, I've seen it marked as explicit content prevented from uploading and it doesn't show the picture.
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- 98codes 7y agoThe concert(s) in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhJyX08GecU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhJyX08GecU
- bredren 7y agoIn this vein, Steve Kardynal did a chat roulette performance of Miley Cyrus’s “Wrecking Ball.” The editing is very good: https://youtu.be/W6DmHGYy_xk https://youtu.be/W6DmHGYy_xk
- zankly 7y agoI feel that this is a violation of trust. A lot of users are there to talk to another person, they're not necessarily ready or willing to be shirtless in front of tens of thousands of people. If I was on a jury and there was a lawsuit, I would award damages.
- electricviolet 7y agoThis is why we can't have nice things :(
- domador 7y agoIsn't showing up shirtless to a video chat with a stranger a huge violation of trust in itself? I'd be much more inclined to consider "shirtlessness" (to give this phenomenon a short name) to be a sign of aggression, rather than of innocence and of trust in others.
- lopmotr 7y agoThey're clearly OK with exposing themselves to strangers because that's the reason they're doing it. How does the number of strangers matter? If they were shy, they could have put their shirt on before going out in public.
- ubercow13 7y agoWhat would the lawsuit be for?
- stale2002 7y agoThe other stranger did not consent to being situation where the rando was shirtless, though. Them being shirtless without telling the other person in advance, is harm that theyd be causing in the first place.
- tasogare 7y agoConsent was given implicitly by browsing chatroulette. Or so is the mainstream rhetoric used for third party cookies "consent".