People are not aware of many things about the chatting giant – Chatroulette. It is a very common practice for all of us to get engrossed in doing something without trying to know any details regarding the history of that thing, as far as our needs are satisfied.

Entertainment has taken an all new meaning with the introduction of the internet. People have become addicted to the wonders of chatting. But they are hardly aware of anything about the chatting website. We all know very well that the name of Chat roulette is synonymous with the webcam conversations. However, there is hardly anyone who knows anything about the history of this giant in video chatting.

Andrey Ternovskiy is the person which gave birth to the nuisance for all Chatroulette alternative in the market. Actually, he was just 17 years old when he created this chatting website. Hardly anyone is aware of the fact that the conception for this website came in the mind of its creator from the live video chat which he use to do on the popular site named Skype. Thus, a smaller Chat segment of a website became an entire base for another site. The conception has resulted in very large following in a very short period of time, which is a very delightful fact for its creator.

The name for this site also has an interesting story behind it. The creator of the website chose the name as Chatroulette for the chatting website after drawing inspiration from the famous film named ‘The Deer Hunter’. It is shown in this 1978 film based on the Vietnam War that the prisoners of the war were forced to play Russian roulette. The creator of this chatting website contacted the name for this website from this instant.

Within a period of a single month, this chatting giant had as many as 50000 members. The site has featured in many leading newspapers like The New York Times, The New Yorker, etc which the ordinary Chat rooms can only dream of. Besides the leading newspapers, the name of this esteemed chatting site has featured a number of times in various magazines like The New York Magazine. There are many other instances of felicitation and appreciation which this chatting site has seen and people have had an overwhelming experience of chatting.