So do you figure combining that concept with recommendations a la StumbleUpon would work, or just be boring?
I suspect "everybody just wants to consume" could be it's downfall, that is, there would not be an even enough match between "consumers" and "producers" to provide suitable recommendations for everyone. Producers to be taken in general, for example perhaps more men would like to see women for cybersex than women would like to see men.
Introducing some kind of 'how interesting was that chat' rating would give users an incentive to liven things up; maybe the more interesting you are, the more you get connected to other interesting people.
['course, definitions of interestingness vary plenty. Maybe you leave that in as part of the fun; maybe you introduce some kind of categories -- e.g. slashdot-style +5 funny, -2 offensive]
I suspect "everybody just wants to consume" could be it's downfall, that is, there would not be an even enough match between "consumers" and "producers" to provide suitable recommendations for everyone. Producers to be taken in general, for example perhaps more men would like to see women for cybersex than women would like to see men.