There’s been a lot of discussion of late about whether Chatroulette is on its way out — our own Ben Parr wondered whether the random video chat service would retain its popularity if it were censored (apparently traffic has been on the decline lately). Well, perhaps there’s hope for the service yet — it appears that Merton, the Chatroulette Piano Guy, is back.
That’s right, the hooded mystery — who we interviewed way back when — has posted a new vid to his YouTube channel, which we totally missed all weekend due to the fact that we were outside (for shame!). Still, despite the fact that homeboy released his vid on the Friday before a holiday weekend, it has already racked up more than 350,000 views — not bad for someone whose last YouTube offering came out three months ago.
Curiously, though, Merton made use of Omegle this time around as well. For those of you who don’t know, Omegle is Chatroulette’s older — less popular — sibling. It used to be a text-only chat service, but recently added video into the mix, no doubt in an effort to compete with its flashy (haha, get it?) younger bro. What does this mean for “The Chatroulette Piano Guy”? Is he forsaking his roots, or merely branching out?
Check out Merton’s vid — he’s getting pretty creative, I totally dig the tune about IHOP — and let us know what you think: Is Chatroulette’s future looking up? Will you switch to Omegle? Does Merton have any hair under that hood? Let it all out.
[via AllThingsD]
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