Facebook's Founding President Now Working with Chatroulette [VIDEO]

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Facebook's Founding President Now Working with Chatroulette [VIDEO]
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The news was revealed earlier today at the Techonomy conference during a session on what follows social media, which was moderated by David Kirkpatrick.

Although Parker did not disclose the exact nature of his relationship with the random live video chat site, he was essentially cornered by Kirkpatrick into publicly admitting his involvement.

Parker initially began by explaining that Chatroulette interests him because of its ability to randomly connect users through live video. "Nobody has nailed live video," said Parker.

Parker continued by hinting that Chatroulette's future will focus on algorithmically directing more traffic to the people that are the most interesting in order to eliminate the penis problem. "One way of defining 'more interesting' is simply [identifying] who doesn't get 'nexted'," explains Parker.

Session attendee David Spark uploaded video of the conversation to YouTube and you can watch the exchange below. Does Parker's involvement foretell a successful future for Chatroulette? Share your thoughts in the comments.

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