If Chatroulette Had Facebook Connect, People Would Keep Their Pants On

They also wouldn't use it.

That's what made the site super popular, got it referenced on mainstream television repeatedly, and made it ridiculously hysterical to use. I'm a straight guy and I don't like seeing naked men. But ChatRoulette in its prime was probably the funniest experience I've ever had on the internet because of the element of surprise.

TechCrunch shouldn't act as if ChatRoulette making itself a family friendly site was their number one priority.

Given the fact that facebook has been loath to do anything with video one can't help but wonder what it is that they know that we don't know.

It might work, but as others have pointed out, it probably was what it was because it provided instant gratification anonymously.

I'm sure someone can build quick little app that would take two facebook/google/twitter accounts and connect them to one of the many video chat services, but, on nothing more than a hunch, I doubt it'll be as successful.