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JenniCam Closing After 7+ Years

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-longer-refreshing dept.

An anonymous Jenni fan writes "Details are sketchy, but apparently within the past few days, JenniCam has announced that it is closing permanently on New Year's Eve. Jenni Ringley has run the site for over 7 and a half years and was even voted more popular than Linus in a ZDNet poll. Of course, such constant exposure has had its downsides; she has received death threats in the past. Last chance to check out that Slashbox while her life is still online."

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  1. Re:Closing Jennicam? by Meowing · · Score: 5, Informative
    Remember the coffee cam? Now that was cool. Wasn't it at MIT?
    Close, sort of. it was at the other Cambridge.
  2. Much more interesting camgirl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    While Jenni is mildly attractive, there are far more sexier and interesting camgirls out there. My favourite at the moment is Mercatur, a mid-twenties web designer.

    Unlike Jenni, she is actually an interesting writer. She tackles wide-ranging and amusing subjects like why girls should only sleep with computer geeks (link) to advice on how to give good head to a guy (link).

    She is also extremely cute. And single, I believe ;-)

    1. Re:Much more interesting camgirl by ScottSpeaks! · · Score: 5, Informative
      ...advice on how to give good head to a guy...

      "Don't vary your speed"?!? {shakes head sadly}

      Going to another woman for advice on how to give good head is like the blind leading the blind. Ask a gay man for tips, ladies. We actually know of what we speak. :)

  3. Re:Jumped the Shark... by weave · · Score: 4, Informative
    True. Also, around that same time she moved from DC to CA and got a day job, so most of the day there was nothing to look at except the occasional cat.

    I'm still going to miss her.

  4. Re:Closing Jennicam? by ykardia · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Coffee Cam was bought by the German magazine SPIEGEL-ONLINE, and was put up on their page for a while. They still have it in their virtual museum

  5. Re:Jumped the Shark... by markhb · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm not sure if she jumped it then, or earlier, when she incorporated and sent out C&D orders to everyone who had unauthorized archives of her cam shots... especially the early ones from her college days.

    Does anyone else remember when she was "sponsored" by some nudism library, and they solicited for beer donations?

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  6. Re:The end of an era... by Drakonian · · Score: 4, Informative

    Not sure if that was meant to be funny or not. But for those that don't get the allusion, it's pretty serious stuff. Here's the article from May 2003 Harper's. The guy documents overdosing on drugs in a chatroom and dies as everyone else debates whether he is serious/tries to call for help.

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