Webcam art installation quickly descended into public Chatroulette
Doomed internet cesspits Omegle and Chatroulette should have been warning enough of what happens when a webcam is placed between random strangers, yet the Portal art project linking New York City to Dublin didn't last a week before being shut down.
Ahead of pulling the plug at 10pm local time last night, Dublin authorities said:"The team behind the Portal art sculpture … has been investigating possible technical solutions to inappropriate behaviour by a small minority of people. The Portal was opened on May 8, meaning it took just six days for bad behavior to overwhelm the project. The problem seems to be the Dublin installation's location, which is on the corner of North Earl Street and O'Connell Street, in the heart of the city center.. The New York Post also blamed the"pub-lined Dublin thoroughfare" and its"Guinness-glugging patrons" for the Portal's descent into lewdness.
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