Orkut Follies

Many-to-Many, on February 5th, 2004 at 10:07 am Said:

Orkut Friends – Collect ’em all!

Michael O’Connor Clarke finds Orkut’s use of photos of one’s “friends” reminiscent of another hobby: Oh look – he has a Pierre Omidyar. I wish I had a Pierre Omidyar. Wonder who Pierre has – ooh! ooh! A Wesley Clark!!…

colin, on February 5th, 2004 at 5:49 pm Said:

Orkut Orkut Orkut! The Jan Brady of Friendsteroid BBSes. You’d think that the eponymous Finn had promised us the Finnegan’s Wake of social networking sites. All you can really say about it is that the front end of it is completely unremarkable, sort of Nerve Personals meets Ryze. The invitation-only for the test caused some grumbles. But what the heck, there are other good parties to go to in the neighborhood, many of them with more girls ;-) As for me, it helped me find my old college buddy Barry, so I’d have to say the price ($0) was right.

Peter Van Dijck's Guide to Ease, on February 5th, 2004 at 7:04 pm Said:

http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/002516.html

Categorization of people you know is turning out to be a challenge for social network websites. See Orkut Follies and Clear… precise and problematic: “The precision shows up in the digital choices we’re given: Is Phil your friend or not?…

monica, on February 5th, 2004 at 8:46 pm Said:

I agree that social friendships involve certain “unspoken” compatability, but social relationships can be based on something as simple as a zip code, an interest in african art or, a desire for a significant other. Isn’t that what orkut, friendster, etc. are trying to accomplish? These networks are brilliant – they provide a free way to join and keep up with communities that are taylored to a particular interest. Can’t get over the binary descriptors? Then skip the question. If you’re expecting orkut to be more than a facilitator for personal, interest-based interaction, then you’ll certainly be very disappointed — orkut can’t do all the work!

My reccommendation? Get over the inherant impersonal nature of the internet and go to the pub with some friends. :-)

Jon Lebkowsky, on February 6th, 2004 at 5:27 pm Said:

“the problem isn’t just that the choices are too precise; the problem is also that the choices are necessarily explicit. Social relationships depend on being implicit, hidden, dark and unspoken.”

And, of course, difficult to index.

Karanbir Singh - Thinkability, on May 6th, 2004 at 6:30 pm Said:

Orkut Dead ?

http://www.orkut.com dosent seem to exist on the dns map at all. Cant resolve any hostname within the orkut.com namespace from within the UK. Three different people on various ISP’s confirm that this is true for them as well.

Anyone else being able to login …

Bry, on May 18th, 2004 at 5:58 pm Said:

I’d love to try Google’s new ORKUT! Can someone send me an invite! I’ll write you a good testimonial. hurls103 at hotmail.com

Bryan, on June 16th, 2004 at 8:44 pm Said:

I would LOVE to have an Orkut account! Can someone send an invitation to my email address? My name is Bryan Hurley, and I’m a college student majoring in CS.
[email protected]

Ravi, on July 19th, 2004 at 7:48 am Said:

Interesting take on the fact that the very act of making a choice forces a binary view of relationships while there are many many more levels and hues to social interactions.

One more thing with networking sites like Orkut is that its not just about forcing one to make a choice as to where an existing relationship stands, but that it serves as a signaling mechanism – I may not be your friend but I would like to be – hence not just represent what exists but force something new (maybe rectify “I thought you were a friend until once at a party …” situations :)

faizan, on January 29th, 2006 at 6:39 am Said:

can someone please send me an orkut invitation.i would really like 2 become a member!

teena sharma, on August 8th, 2006 at 12:48 am Said:

what is that? please send me invitation of orkut

Maxsnd17, on August 19th, 2006 at 9:53 pm Said:

Please send me a orkut invitation.

Thanks, greetings.

luis, on December 27th, 2006 at 6:31 am Said:

me llamo luis y soy todo lo q a ustedes le gustaria llegar a tener como novio jejejeje