Monday, June 28, 2010

ChatRoulette Creating Penis-Recognition Algorithm to Block Problematic Users

ChatRoulette is a really interesting idea, but it has one significant problem; an 'impressive' percentage of male users who use the site to flash unsuspecting people. Hopefully that will soon be a thing of the past.

http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2010-06/chatroulette-plans-genital-scanning-software-block-perverts (via)

"There's something exhilarating about meeting someone new, whether it's in a coffee shop or online. That is, until your new pal pulls a Lyndon Johnson and gets really friendly.

That sort of behavior is pretty common on Chatroulette, where users can "meet" and chat with random people with a click of a mouse. But to cut down on the parade of penises, the service is planning to add image-recognition software that will filter out shots of male genitalia, TechCrunch reports.

Changes could also include a system that flags users who are consistently "nexted" -- skipped past -- presumably because they are exposing themselves or otherwise being disgusting.
"

1 comment:

  1. SEXISM!!!!! This is totally unfair. The only way to make it fair is to create a female intimate body parts recognition system and use it too. It's unfair to block male parts but allow female parts....ok, it's unfair but I'm all for it.

    ReplyDelete

Related Posts with Thumbnails

Like what you read; Subscribe/Fan/Follow