Melanie Papalia said she researched her role by going into actual chat sites, including ChatRoulette, which she said creeped her out. She said most of the people were very weird and creepy, and almost all of the guys were naked. She said, "But it wasn't funny, it was gross. The look on these guys' faces while they were just sitting there touching themselves was so disturbing that it just stayed with me. I remembered it while filming too, but it's not a site that I ever want to go on again. I didn't think I would feel as vulnerable as I did, but it was the way they looked at me through my screen."
Bill Oberst, Jr., the uncredited actor who plays Skeeter, is the same actor from the viral campaign "Take the Lollipop", which spread awareness of the dangers of online stalking.
The majority of the film takes place on computer screens, cell phone screens, and cameras for short terms.