Amusing article about Orkut

[tokkolo]

An amusing article about orkut (atleast I found it amusing)

Exclusivity ain't what it used to be
Tony Lankester

I hate being left out. Conversations, teams, strategy sessions, movie dates, pub crawls ... I want it all and I want it now. If I'm not included, I sulk.

So imagine my pique when I read an article over the weekend about Google's online community, Orkut, and how there are concerns about the proliferation of hate speech among the "by invitation only" community members.

Whoa ... back up a second. Orkut? Community? Invitation? Where is mine? This demanded some further research, so I logged on to my chat room where the usual suspects were gathered:

>Me: Hi everyone.

>Gadgetguy: Hi there. How've you been?

>Me: Ok thanks. Bit upset though. Does anyone know about Orkut?

DoGoodUSA shifts from foot to foot

>DoGoodUSA: Um, why?

>Me: I believe it’s an online community that millions have joined ... but you can only join if you get invited by another member. I haven't gotten invited yet, so was wondering if any of you have.

Room goes quiet.

>Me: Hello?

>GarthVader: I think I got an e-mail about it. Not sure.

>Gadgetguy: Me too, I might have gotten an invitation that I accepted

>Me: So why has no one invited me?

Silence

>Jokerguy: I invited Cyberbabe

>Cyberbabe: …and I accepted

Blows kiss to Jokerguy

Jokerguy blushes

>Me: You guys are pathetic. WHERE'S MY INVITATION????

*** You have been kicked by Amazonboy -- No shouting in here ***

So not only have I not been invited to join Orkut, I've now also been shunned by my online gang because I'm not an Orkut member. This needed fixing, and fast.

did a quick Google search for "Orkut invite" and found that I am not alone. Hundreds of thousands of people want invitations to join this online community. I am strangely comforted by this but still feel a bit silly for only hearing about it now, after it's been live for ages.

So I followed some Google links and trawled the web for a few hours, desperate to find someone to invite me. Not surprisingly, bulletin boards proliferate on which you can post a plea for an invite, which I did.

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[darrenstraight]

Yeah its pretty amusing maybe the poor guy should come over here.

[cvrk3]

Tokkolo, the article is a hard hitting reality, written in an amusing way!

[microdude431]

thats a funny article. that guy should join GC.

[geekerati]

I feel much better knowing someone else feels similar to me concerning Orkut and his experience there. I loved it when he said that Orkut will not have to worry about the hate speech long because the persons writing it will be left by themselves,Lol Thanks tokkolo,it was refreshing, I had a smile on my face the entire time while reading it.