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While the details are few, both Parker and Fanning have said they were inspired by Chatroulette. “It was just scratching the surface of what it could be—a universal host that is introducing people, smashing people together,” said Fanning back in October, reports TechCrunch. There have been several efforts in the live social video space before, and arguably Google Hangouts is the best recent effort, but it suffers from Google+’s efforts to scale active users. In other words, there may be an opportunity here.