The birth of a random video chat site is very Chinese characteristics (map)

April 1 News, in Russia, 17-year-old teenager founded a random video chat website Chatroulette Popular network less than two months, China has a large number of fans and followers. Recently, a domestic company launched the Shanzhai version of the random video chat site to touch (www.ddpoo.com) exposure.

Unlike the foreign site, the site is quite Chinese, and its website slogan was "free Random video chat with a beautiful guy".

What kind of website did the 17-year-old in Russia set up, and why would the internet giant, including Google, be fascinated? What kind of website does the Chinese Shanzhai website pair touch again? Tencent Technology launched an investigation.

17-Year-old Teens build random video chat sites

Chatroulette Chat Interface

November 2009, the Russian 17-Year-old founded a random video chat website Chatroulette, the site is characterized by visitors can follow the machine to start chatting with any stranger-video and text two ways. If either side of the chat opens another random object, it leaves the current chat object.

The site uses Adobe's Flash to play video and connect users ' webcam. Flash Point-to-Point network connectivity (via RTMFP) allows all video and audio to be transmitted directly between users ' computers and does not occupy server broadband.

In the Chatroulette has formed a number of unique culture, such as the side of the chat point "next" button, the other is described as "under the next", there are many foreign apparently logged in Chatroulette. Currently, the number of Chatroulette daily visits is 500,000, while the number of online people is over 35,000.

The site became popular in February this year, after media coverage such as The New York Times, and was favored by more than 200 investment companies in the US, with Skype, internet giant Google and its Russian rival, Yandex, searching for the 17-Year-old, whose web site was valued at a fast pace of 40 million dollars.

Chatroulette in China's Shanzhai website

Domestic Cottage Random Chat website interface

The myth of the 17-Year-old has inspired Chinese entrepreneurs, in less than 2 months, China's miraculous trip to the cottage version of the "Chatroulette."

Recently, a domestic start-up company launched a random video chat site to touch, as long as the site click to login to start with a stranger text chat.

The right touch will eject the Flash Player option window, the user simply clicks on the permission, on the Touch website program as.ddpoo.com will automatically connect the user's computer's camera and microphone, random will appear the user and the Stranger Dialogue video, and appear sound.

Automatic connection to the touch program the next option is the default state, and once the user clicks on the "Next button" you can chat with a different stranger. On the touch site also use Chinese netizens eager to communicate the desire to play beautiful handsome men free random video chat slogan. At the same time, the site also through IP can learn whether the chat both sides are the same city.

or risk of potential violence and pornography