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Slashdot Discussions Now Include Roulette Video Chat

It's been a long time coming, but we're pleased to announce the latest updates to our discussion software. We've been paying a lot of attention to what other websites have been doing in the space, and as we are only too happy to steal good ideas, from now on all Slashdot stories will now be accompanied by a Roulette-style webcam video chat. In testing, we've discovered that Slashdot users are amazingly likely to engage in informative, troll-free discussion when presented with the video image of one of their peers. This new addition to Slashdot nicely rounds out and improves the discussion experience for all users.

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  1. OMG BOOBIES! by thomasdz · · Score: 4, Funny

    What a great idea. Now I can see BOOBIES from the safety of my parents basement... here...let me try it out..
    ewww gross. (click) ewwww gross... (click) ewww yuckko (click) ewww grosser! (click) ahh good, guy with guitar playing a tune... OMG he's lifting his shirt...agghhh ewww gross. (click) ewww gross...
    I want Boobies. Girl Boobies. Oh yeah, I forgot...this is Slashdot.
    I guess I'll just reload the wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boobies
    oh YEAH baby... seabirds! yeah! fap fap fap

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    1. Re:OMG BOOBIES! by HopefulIntern · · Score: 5, Funny

      Shouldnt that be "flap flap flap"..?

      Sorry..

  2. Re:Boobs by Vorpix · · Score: 5, Funny

    this is one thing we DO NOT WANT from slashdot's readerbase.

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  3. Awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I found my long lost dog through slashdot. Roulette Video Chat FTW

  4. Re:Bad news by Saint+Mitchell · · Score: 1, Funny

    Indeed. Though I did get a chuckle out of the "don't click next or I will root your computer" sign.

  5. If Only ... by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... my iPad had a camera and supported Flash.

    1. Re:If Only ... by BitZtream · · Score: 4, Funny

      Once again, proof that Apple knows best and by removing flash from the iPad has saved you from the evil it brings.

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  6. Re:Boobs by SimonTheSoundMan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Right, seriously. I have people holding note pads asking for mod points, and another guy took his trousers/pants off. Please, slashdotters!

  7. But...but... by gimmebeer · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm on the Internet so I DON'T have to interact directly with other humans... :(

  8. Re:Pretty Funny Videos by daveime · · Score: 2, Funny

    about:blank will crash on OSX ... your point was ?

  9. Re:Boobs by Minwee · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're libel to get man boobs.

    That's only possible if there is a permanent record made. If the image isn't published then you are _slander_ to get man boobs.

  10. Re:Boobs by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 5, Funny

    I always read Slashdot with my cock in hand, so I suppose this means that Cmdr Taco actually read that reader survey form I filled out last year.

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  11. Re:Pretty Funny Videos by tomhudson · · Score: 2, Funny

    Then you should be using slashdots' new VLB (Very Low Bandwidth) interface.

  12. Re:Pretty Funny Videos by Lumpy · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm his admin, and I am really wanting to know why he's tying up the work servers... Honestly, he came in this morning with about 600 feet of rope and has been tying onto all the servers since 9:00am. he wont stop, and has locked himself into the server room. Security cant get him out and I'm about 5 minutes from hitting the halon system to end it all.

    If you want to save his life, please talk him down, he keeps talking about how the devil on slashdot's new video made him do it..

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  13. Re:Boobs by Ihmhi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here, it'd would probably be "Moobs or GTFO"...

  14. Forgot your meds, did you? by whitroth · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is the *STUPIDEST* idea I've seen in a long while (other than, say, the idea that the tea baggers live in the real world).

    AND I see no way to turn it off.

    Did I mention I hate flash? And are you guaranteeing on-site, 24 hr maintenance, when we get infected from an infected flash video?

                mark, who has his setting at "old style" slashdot

  15. Re:Boobs by g0bshiTe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Those were the chicks!

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  16. Re:Flashblock by Anachragnome · · Score: 2, Funny

    "...the SWFs turn off until I click them..."

    Better luck then me. All the Single White Females I come across turn off the moment we share the same room.