Comments on: Chatroulette: a game, a social experiment, or a site for voyeurs? http://www.amnesiarazorfish.com.au/2010/02/chatroulette-a-game-a-social-experiment-or-a-site-for-voyeurs/ Digital Advertising Agency: Creative, Strategy, Web Design, Social Media, Analytics, UX, SEO, SEM, Games, Digital Marketing, Mobile Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:49:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Lucy http://www.amnesiarazorfish.com.au/2010/02/chatroulette-a-game-a-social-experiment-or-a-site-for-voyeurs/comment-page-1/#comment-5741 Lucy Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:37:18 +0000 http://amnesia.com.au/?p=4608#comment-5741 What is the exact difference between anterograde and retrograde amnesia? What is the exact difference between anterograde and retrograde amnesia?

]]> By: Jen Bewes | @jbewes http://www.amnesiarazorfish.com.au/2010/02/chatroulette-a-game-a-social-experiment-or-a-site-for-voyeurs/comment-page-1/#comment-5534 Jen Bewes | @jbewes Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:33:02 +0000 http://amnesia.com.au/?p=4608#comment-5534 I totally get how this can be addictive but it shouts danger to me, given it will be a particularly attractive concept for the under 18s, who are experimentalists and will find it both intriguing and amusing... and therefore also attractive for those that are out for much darker reasons. As a parent of a 10 year old internet addict (wonder where she gets that from. ahem), that concerns me; and I've already added the site to the Blocked sites list on her account. But what about fellow parents of tweens that aren't net savvy? The site says "You have to be at least 16 years old to use our service" but there are no measures to safe-guard this - no sign-up required - which means that most parents will be totally oblivious to the fact their kids are playing with this, and potentially getting themselves into all sorts of trouble; not to mention, potentially giving out personal details, addresses, phone numbers etc, in their naivety. Shudder. I reckon it'll be sooner rather than later that the people behind this site have a number of law suits on their hands - and let's hope that happens before something tragic happens. I totally get how this can be addictive but it shouts danger to me, given it will be a particularly attractive concept for the under 18s, who are experimentalists and will find it both intriguing and amusing… and therefore also attractive for those that are out for much darker reasons.

As a parent of a 10 year old internet addict (wonder where she gets that from. ahem), that concerns me; and I’ve already added the site to the Blocked sites list on her account.

But what about fellow parents of tweens that aren’t net savvy? The site says “You have to be at least 16 years old to use our service” but there are no measures to safe-guard this – no sign-up required – which means that most parents will be totally oblivious to the fact their kids are playing with this, and potentially getting themselves into all sorts of trouble; not to mention, potentially giving out personal details, addresses, phone numbers etc, in their naivety. Shudder.

I reckon it’ll be sooner rather than later that the people behind this site have a number of law suits on their hands – and let’s hope that happens before something tragic happens.

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