I am not even sure what Chatroulette is now. Everyone finds his own way of using the site. Some think it is a game, others think it is a whole unknown world, others think it is a dating service.

— Andrey Ternovskiy, the 17-year-old creator of Chatroulette, on how quickly his “fun” project for friends has turned into a multi-server operation out of Germany with network throughput of seven gigabits/second. His interview with the NYTimes has more.