‘Joy, interest, empathy’
The attraction here, as before, is less the subject and more Sam Anderson’s articulation of it. I mean, okay, the subject is a site where you connect via webcam to random strangers, which is not uninteresting. But I feel like there are 99 versions of this article that are boring or predictable or “ZOMG internet,” and one that is patient and subtle and great, and this is that version. (Via Joanne.)
[…] thought of this as I was reading Sam Anderson’s essay on ChatRoulette that Robin linked to on Sunday: The first eighteen people who saw me disconnected immediately. They […]