LET’S SCHEDULE A NOT MEETING

“It’s really strange. I have employees I’ve never had a conversation with, but there I am sitting in my office, dicking around with Chatroulette.”

Meetup cofounder Scott Heiferman, whose workers are no doubt grateful that he’s distracted by strangers on the Internet, The New Yorker, 17 May 2010

THE KIDS ARE IT’S COMPLICATED

“We put the brakes on text-based chat. We realized there’s a real exciting opportunity to actualize our vision of connecting student bodies.”

RandomDorm creator Josh Weinstein, explaining his collegiate ChatRoulette knockoff’s goal a bit too accurately, Bits, 18 March 2010