I'm not sure this author has actually spent any amount of time on Chatroulette. The article reads as a list of video stats glued together with some exposition about the magic of the internet.
The average Chatroulette connection lasts, in my experience, roughly three seconds. If anyone started the "video conferencing boom," it was Skype and Apple, with iChat.
Yes, but its really fucked up so its utility is very questionable.
For global virtual circle jerking, yes.
This could still apply to some business meetings though.
After watching last week's Tosh.0, your description may be more spot on than you realize.
Last week's Tosh.0 is what led me to that description. Just, ewwwwww.