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The story of Chatroulette
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Video published by Konbini
In this Konbini video, Andrey Ternovskiy is interviewed about his creation of Chatroulette.
In short, he says he was very lucky: the right idea at the right time, at age 17.
He had come across an online chat site that randomly connected users. He thought adding a webcam would be a good idea. And just like that, he built the site in two weeks and became a millionaire without overthinking it.
He quickly dropped out of school to take advantage of his opportunity.
He never wanted to put ads on his site. Instead, he took advantage of men who came to the site to expose themselves, redirecting them, when reported by other users, to porn sites that paid him for the referral.
So he is quite happy that some visitors are exhibitionists, because that is what makes him money.
At its peak, the site reached 1 million users in a single day.
The story of Chatroulette
Information
Video published by Konbini
In this Konbini video, Andrey Ternovskiy is interviewed about his creation of Chatroulette.
In short, he says he was very lucky: the right idea at the right time, at age 17.
He had come across an online chat site that randomly connected users. He thought adding a webcam would be a good idea. And just like that, he built the site in two weeks and became a millionaire without overthinking it.
He quickly dropped out of school to take advantage of his opportunity.
He never wanted to put ads on his site. Instead, he took advantage of men who came to the site to expose themselves, redirecting them, when reported by other users, to porn sites that paid him for the referral.
So he is quite happy that some visitors are exhibitionists, because that is what makes him money.
At its peak, the site reached 1 million users in a single day.
The story of Chatroulette
Information
Video published by Konbini
In this Konbini video, Andrey Ternovskiy is interviewed about his creation of Chatroulette.
In short, he says he was very lucky: the right idea at the right time, at age 17.
He had come across an online chat site that randomly connected users. He thought adding a webcam would be a good idea. And just like that, he built the site in two weeks and became a millionaire without overthinking it.
He quickly dropped out of school to take advantage of his opportunity.
He never wanted to put ads on his site. Instead, he took advantage of men who came to the site to expose themselves, redirecting them, when reported by other users, to porn sites that paid him for the referral.
So he is quite happy that some visitors are exhibitionists, because that is what makes him money.
At its peak, the site reached 1 million users in a single day.