Chatroulette of Interest?

So unless I missed it, we haven't talked directly about Chatroulette in lectures. Was the site just a passing internet-craze? Has anyone used it before, or does anyone still use it?

Perhaps one of the main features of the site (as I understand it) is the anonymity of the chatting: chatting partners are randomly chosen and profiles aren't necessary. To relate back to online representation as we covered in class: I guess the video component could be examined in a similar way to Facebook profile pics (self-aware selection of presenting an image), but then because users are anonymous it seems the site is filled with trolls and obscenity. Are the two notions of anonymity and self-representation at odds here? Could this still be considered a self-representation of the user, unrestricted through anonymity, in which case the user is defined by fleeting interactions?

Interesting how the internet provides these new social spaces for people to interact in. Maybe what's more interesting is how people choose to act in them. I'm trying to think of a off-line situation that would be equal to that of Chatroulette - the anonymity, the physical separation of users, the vulgar behaviour... kinda like a kid poking their tounge out of a passing car?