A report by the New York Times showed that a 17-year-old Russian was the founder and creator of Chatroulette.com, one of the hottest and most unconventional, new websites on the world wide web today.
According to the report, Andrey Ternovskiy, a high school student in Moscow, founded Chatroulette, which has drawn the attention of many of the online users since the website generates live webcam feed between to strangers.
Ternovskiy also said in an interview with the newspaper that he had only created the hot website just for “fun,” saying that he and his friends got bored by just talking with each other.
“The website will ramdomly connect me and my friends with people online,” he said.
The high school whiz also said that he wrote the website code all by himself but admitted that it is his relatives that pay for the bandwidth and server host bills.
The buzz over the new website also gutted the attention of Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist working with Union Square Ventures and Flatiron Partners.
In his blog post, the well-know venture capitalist said that he wanted to see Andrey personally and offered the young high school kid to visit New York City.
“I’m still not sure if this is something we should invest in, but I’d sure like to meet this guy. He reminds me of many great young entrepreneurs we’ve worked with and his story sounds so familiar,” Wilson said in his blog.
Despite criticism over the website, which has been tagged as a hotbed for voyeurism and exhibitionism, Wilson said that the disturbing nature of the website is one thing and there is much more that can be done about.
“With over a billion people logging in on the Internet, Chatroulette is something that feels really cool and it offers a quick trip around the whole network by meeting and talking with people,” he said.
To date, the majority of the users of Chatroulette are from the US.
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