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The total anonymity of chatroulette and the shock value of seeing random cocks makes it much more risky and exciting.

FaceRoulette is taking an awesome concept and making it too safe to be successful.

Sorry, just calling it like I'm seeing it.

I wouldn't consider random cocks "risky and exciting". In fact, that totally turned me off from chat roulette. Getting rid of cocks makes this potentially more interesting and hopefully more successful.

Agreed. In fact, "getting rid of cocks" would go along way to making most things in life more interesting and successful!

I'm sure that the makers of FaceRoulette are perfectly okay with competing in the 1% market niche of non-cock oriented videochat. The 99% cock oriented niche can be left to ChatRoulette; it is only fair, they are the first to think of it, and first to lose their pants.

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