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eeagerdeveloper
I hacked this together to see whether there is a group of people that prefer not to chat in anonymity. I tried out a few anonymous chat sites and most conversations involved male genitalia or some perverse comment. I hope people can start a better conversation when they reveal their name and picture.

Please check it out and give me your opinion.

derekdahmer
Never actually connected me. Also says "Users Online: 0"
eeagerdeveloper
I'll need to fix that. The user's is suppose to update once a session is established. I need to set that beforehand.

By the way, what browser are you using?

tomp
I immediately get redirected to http://chatoften.com/login, then get the following error

  ReferenceError: Jade:19
      17| 			p ChatOften connects you with another random Facebook user to have a one-on-one chat with. You'll both see each other's picture and name so that you can start a great conversation. Click register to start.
      18| 			fb:registration(fields="[{'name':'name'},{'name':'gender'},{'name':'location'}]"
    > 19| 			 		, redirect-uri="#{redirectUrl}"
      20| 			 		, fb_only ="true")
      21| 			- if(clientCount > 0)
      22| 				#numClients(style="text-align:center;color:#aaa") There are #{clientCount} people online

  clientCount is not defined
      at Object.anonymous (eval at <anonymous> (/home/ubuntu/src/node/node_modules/jade/lib/jade.js:224:10))
      at ServerResponse._render (/home/ubuntu/src/node/node_modules/express/lib/view.js:425:21)
      at ServerResponse.render (/home/ubuntu/src/node/node_modules/express/lib/view.js:316:17)
      at Router.<anonymous> (/home/ubuntu/www/chatServer/server.js:33:9)
      at done (/home/ubuntu/src/node/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:250:22)
      at middleware (/home/ubuntu/src/node/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:244:9)
      at param (/home/ubuntu/src/node/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:227:11)
      at pass (/home/ubuntu/src/node/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:232:6)
      at Router._dispatch (/home/ubuntu/src/node/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:255:4)
      at Object.handle (/home/ubuntu/src/node/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:45:10)
Hope this "bug report" helps.
eeagerdeveloper
Thanks tomp, I was deploying a new version and I seemed to have caused an issue. It should now be fixed.
dools
I'd love to use it but I don't use Facebook
veb
I like my anon online when I'm chatting because I'm always making an ass of myself... ask rmah! #startups
angryasian
theres so many online video chat applications as facebook apps or using fb credentials.
thomasdavis
I had fun, talked to Mark Bao, a beautiful woman and a 7 foot dude from SF.
esornoso
I can't chat with anyone right now. I'll be forever alone.
roshangry
I couldn't decide if this would be awkward or not before I jumped in. After using it: kind of awkward, but totally fun and enlightening. I was impressed with every person I connected with.

One person called me boring, though. (I am boring)

ashamedlion
Seems to be having some issues on chrome for me, but it's fun. I rather like it. All people from HN, so I am guessing that helps.
eeagerdeveloper
Hi, what issues are you having with it? I'll look into it. Can you please tell me the version of firefox you are using?
ashamedlion
Well, it never connects me with anyone and it says n/a for current users online. I had to use FF.
d0ne
I'm a bit surprised... I have found this to be far more entertaining, and intriguing, than I originally hypothesized...
neilk
Amusing, but I had lots of failures... and kept connecting to the same guy after we disconnected.
g_lined
Just to let you know, if someone complains they can't see the registration box it could be that they have Ghostery blocking everything as that blocks Facebook Connect. That results in no box being shown below the text.