(CNN)-- On Chatroulette, a new and controversial Web site, every click lands you in a face-to-face video conversation with a random stranger. The setup is simple: Activate your webcam and click "play.

Welcome to Chat Roulette. It’s simple: The site pairs you with a random videochat partner. You can click “next” any time, or stay with your current pairing. Then things start tripping into psychedelic ...

First came Facebook, which connects you with close friends and school mates you don't really talk to anymore. Then came Twitter where you could 'follow' and be followed by complete strangers. So it ...

In the last issue of New York magazine, Sam Anderson takes an incisive look at ChatRoulette , an increasingly popular Web site that links two strangers by random chance to a one-on-one video chat on a ...

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