rone | the problem with orkut... (Reply)

... is that, since it's named after the guy who created it, you can't mock it without it sounding like you're mocking the guy. It's a bit of a conundrum (i will be sure to hereafter refer to him as Orkut and to it as orkut). Right now, it's down while he fiddles about (it is, after all, a beta service). See what Warren Ellis has to say about it. See what boutell has to say about it. What do i have to say about it? Well, its "new toy" feel is slowly fading, but perhaps the current downtime will result in new features that will reinvigorate my interest. I don't really have a need for it, but it is interesting and cool to see the networks form. I did shun Friendster because it was obviously a gimmicky site and i felt its stigma outweighed LJ's; i expect that orkut will get there, too.