What is Orkut?

moniKool · 01-02-2006, 01:47 PM

What Is Orkut... Can Someone Fill Me In???

I know what gMail is.. but i've never heard of orkut, so if someone will, please tell me about it!!!

THANK YOU!!!

XOXO

HowardH · 01-02-2006, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by moniKool

I know what gMail is.. but i've never heard of orkut, so if someone will, please tell me about it!!!

Orkut is a social networking system. It is free. Supposedly, it is a "trusted" network, but from what I can see, there is a large percentage of people on it that consider it a sexual free-for-all. It is almost completely dominated by Brazillians -- if you believe the demographic numbers, over 4% of the population of Brazil has membership in Orkut (frankly, I think that is preposterous; more likely, most of the Brazillians have dozens, if not hundreds, of accounts each, in violation of the TOS).

I initially thought it would have significant potential, but after poking around on it for a few weeks, I am losing interest. The internet does not need yet another amateur pornsite.

geekerati · 01-03-2006, 12:10 AM

It is a matter of personal interest. If you choose to join pron groups, you will have a pron experience there. I have been a member for a good while now and haven't been subjected to very much nudity. Occasionally, I see it while roaming through the groups in order to find a new one to my liking. With the language barrier and esoteric looking pictures one would have to be seeking out pron in many cases for it to become a real problem. Give it a try. Find those like-minded friends and topics of interest, and you'll have a lot of fun there.

Athought · 03-07-2006, 11:19 AM

I'm glad I stopped in here first to check out what others were saying about Orkut before asking for an invitation.IMG style="WIDTH: 212px; HEIGHT: 205px" height=209 src="http://www.googlecommunity.com/richedit/upload/2kb125ff1390.jpg" width=191 border=0

trendysandy · 03-19-2006, 10:47 AM

Its a social network service (run by Google

)which helps users to meet new friends.

warzabidul · 03-19-2006, 02:12 PM

Why is there all this anti orkut, anti brazil sentiment on the thread. What's wrong with having brazilians on orkut.

Why are there no complaints about how dominant America is on almost all other english language websites. I'm against neither of them but the attitude within this community confuses me.

rossco24/7 · 03-19-2006, 02:15 PM

i dont like orkut ...

i cant speak portugese or the languages most people on their speak ....

DigitalHawkeye · 03-28-2006, 10:18 AM

I got an invite yesterday, took some time to look around orkut, and I think I have a fairly good definition in mind.brbrOrkut: A good idea that failed to launch and landed somewhere in Brazil.brbrI really love Gmail and Blogger, but Orkut just isn't nearly as cool as I thought it'd be, apparently invitation only doesn't really work as well as some people might like to think. Sadly Myspace looks good in comparison, there might be a lot of retards on it, but it's also easier for people I might be interested in talking to to get into it as well. Orkut is just another web based community going belly up. span style="font-weight: bold;": (/spanbr

intelliot · 03-29-2006, 12:37 PM

What did you think Orkut would be like?

Maybe we can start our own ideal "orkut" right here at Google Community.

Sentry · 03-30-2006, 08:25 PM

I was wondering if you might send me an invite to ORKUT please.

[Please see the Invitation "Read This First" subject at the top of this forum.]

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geekerati Google Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Deep in the heart. Posts: 2,443 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	It is a matter of personal interest. If you choose to join pron groups, you will have a pron experience there. I have been a member for a good while now and haven't been subjected to very much nudity. Occasionally, I see it while roaming through the groups in order to find a new one to my liking. With the language barrier and esoteric looking pictures one would have to be seeking out pron in many cases for it to become a real problem. Give it a try. Find those like-minded friends and topics of interest, and you'll have a lot of fun there.

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Athought Noogle Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: USA Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm glad I stopped in here first to check out what others were saying about Orkut before asking for an invitation.IMG style="WIDTH: 212px; HEIGHT: 205px" height=209 src="http://www.googlecommunity.com/richedit/upload/2kb125ff1390.jpg" width=191 border=0

03-19-2006, 10:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
trendysandy Noogle Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Its a social network service (run by Google )which helps users to meet new friends.

03-19-2006, 02:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
warzabidul Senior Googler Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 110 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Why is there all this anti orkut, anti brazil sentiment on the thread. What's wrong with having brazilians on orkut. Why are there no complaints about how dominant America is on almost all other english language websites. I'm against neither of them but the attitude within this community confuses me.

03-19-2006, 02:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
rossco24/7 Senior Googler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: UK Posts: 222 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i dont like orkut ... i cant speak portugese or the languages most people on their speak ....

03-28-2006, 10:18 AM	#8 (permalink)
DigitalHawkeye Noogle Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I got an invite yesterday, took some time to look around orkut, and I think I have a fairly good definition in mind.brbrOrkut: A good idea that failed to launch and landed somewhere in Brazil.brbrI really love Gmail and Blogger, but Orkut just isn't nearly as cool as I thought it'd be, apparently invitation only doesn't really work as well as some people might like to think. Sadly Myspace looks good in comparison, there might be a lot of retards on it, but it's also easier for people I might be interested in talking to to get into it as well. Orkut is just another web based community going belly up. span style="font-weight: bold;": (/spanbr

03-29-2006, 12:37 PM	#9 (permalink)
intelliot Google Guru Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,527 Thanks: 15 Thanked 60 Times in 28 Posts	What did you think Orkut would be like? Maybe we can start our own ideal "orkut" right here at Google Community.

03-30-2006, 08:25 PM	#10 (permalink)
Sentry Noogle Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I was wondering if you might send me an invite to ORKUT please. [Please see the Invitation "Read This First" subject at the top of this forum.]

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