Pervert seems a bit judgemental. The more interesting fact is that something like 13% of the population (assuming I can extrapolate) would like to show others their genitals. I wonder what the true stat is for the population.
But you can't extrapolate. A lot of people heard about chatroulette and heard that it's filled with perverts. The average person is a mixture of intrigued and scared by this, but an exhibitionist will definitely want to give it a try. So there's a huge selection bias.
Of the perverts that were identified, only 8% were female. Combined with the overall female rate, that means less than 1% of chats feature a female pervert.
The stats that Techcrunch cites don't actually match up with its conclusion. If 13% of ChatRoulette users are perverts, and of the perverts, 8% are female, then 0.13 * 0.08 = 0.0104 (or slightly, barely, more than 1%) are female perverts. If it had been "of the females, 8% are perverts", then it would be under 1%.
When we were doing the research the geo-ip information wasn't factored in, but overall we saw quite similar. Good to see that the results are reproducable (almost like science)!
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I'm skeptical if there was enough UK usage for the other UK statistics to be valid. Can't see any absolute numbers there though, so hard to tell.
It's easier to go to a bar.
Of the perverts that were identified, only 8% were female. Combined with the overall female rate, that means less than 1% of chats feature a female pervert.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32vpgNiAH60
When we were doing the research the geo-ip information wasn't factored in, but overall we saw quite similar. Good to see that the results are reproducable (almost like science)!
I wonder if these people knew a) they were being tracked and b) they picture was being saved would they have still done what they did?
you, pervert!
This is really disappointing news for most hackers.