Should Orkut be taken down?

Should Orkut be taken down?

  • Yes

    Votes: 51 34.5%

  • No

    Votes: 97 65.5%
  • Total voters
    148
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crystal_pup

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Hey peeps c every social network websites has der own pros n cons....so is orkut...if u r not interested in orkuttin u can do other things...but peeps r free to do wat de want to....u cant stop others frm orkuttin if u dont like orkuttin @ all...some of d guys hav already discussed abt the pros n cons of orkut...choice is urs!!!:)
 
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gxsaurav

Guest
well, i joined orkut recently, this year in march..& i have to say it rox

i no longer ask my old friends, about my other old school friends, i just search on orkut......chance are, they are there. I found many school friends i lost contact with there, even made a few new friends & it's going smooth with them, cos then i met them in person

the thing is scrapbook has no privacy, it's just for casual messeges, like hi, how r u, where r u, thats it...not for chatting, u can't talk to your gf on scrapbook trust me

Scrapbook can be made private, with just a few changes, which i have even given in orkut feedback, but till today there is no change

& spam, yeah, i hate those messeges, half page long, speacially that "sorry i hacked & deleted your scrapbook <long space>" thing. i just delete those

if orkut is taken down, don't worry, 10 more sites will arise, they concept is out in the wild now. It just need few changes & it will be good. i guess scrapping alone made orkut famous
 
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lalam

In the zone
I do not think it deserves to be taken down....Like another member here i have met some of my old frens back through orkut and its a great place to socialise so why even bother whether it should be taken down....If orkut scrapping can be call spam than maybe forums scored in as spam board too! Thats just my opinion....
 
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mukul

Journeyman
just becoz some ppl have undue problems with orkut....it should nt be made to close up....my vote to not lettin it down

its our own will to use it and u r not forced upon....i dont find it addictive though ...but i know that its my own perception...
 
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friend_foru2121

Right off the assembly line
orkut is a good place to meet ur old frnds but it has become addiction for many students and they are on orkut day and night.I think orkut should have some restriction.
 
hash!!

hash!!

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networking sites like orkut are alright, if they're taken in a decent and civilized way... and yea... u suddenly meet ppl from ur ex-school who u never talked to as such, talkin to u as if u wr some long lost dude... but thats fine... its fun to keep in touch wid ppl u know or used to know....
but then, theres creeps all over these sites tho.... theres massively chape ppl on these networks... lolz... slimy desperate ppl who think this is their one chance at hookin up wid chicks usin weird wannabe smartass lines... lolz.. funny funny... wonder if they ever get lucky... :rolleyes:
well, sh!t happens... hehehh.. i guess it shld stay, theres always two sides to every coin... (except the one-faced 2d ones made in photoshop:D )... sadd...
 
alsiladka

alsiladka

Noobie Pro
I would not waste time commenting on what so many of you have spoken over here. It would keep it short.

This argument is like Internet is ruining many lives, people ( even respectable software engineers) waste their whole day forwarding emails and reading and commenting other peoples blog.

Orkut was just meant to be a place where you could socialize with others and meet up your long lost friends. It was never meant to be a place where you scrap and chat with a person in real time using scraps. Once you found your friend, the orkut profile has given you the option to put up you IM addresses from various messenger so that you can start chatting and talking with that person in real time. And that is the reason Orkut has now integrated Google Talk, so that you find your friends on Orkut , and chat with them using some other and better source.

Just because people are using it an a wrong way does not mean you shut it down.

Well thats my view, shutting it down is not the correct alternative. I myself just find my friends on orkut and chat with them using messengers.
 
Thor

Thor

Ambassador of Buzz
NOpe...Shudnot be taken down... I hv connected to long lost frnds... my life's all the merrier 4 it... abt spams ? Whats gonna hurt if Orkut causes to addup the pile a lil more ?
 
Cool G5

Cool G5

Conversation Architect
It is definately breach of privacy.But the fact that you get to meet old friends is good.I think there should be more safety on orkut.It should not be taken down.
 
Manshahia

Manshahia

Resident Fanatic
I read in a newspaper some days ago(i think in Times of India or Indian Express) that a person named orkuttian lost his girl friend in an accident.
To find her he gathered all the software engineers to join and create a system for finding her. After millions of dollars spent, he found her after 3 years. Now the project had to closed. But google offered to buy that project and now google is paying that person many dllars for each scrap.
It is estimated that he wud b the world's richest person in 2009.

Now come to its merits.
Many people find their old friends, whom they havnt met since years.
People who dont like it always say that it is crap blah blah blah.......
People r pulling its legs but as legs r being pulled, it is getting more strenth to fight with them.
Overall no one of us is paying for it.
So y sud we critisize it??
One can find poeple with similar interests a orkut.
He can talk with them.
He can ask any question in the communities and these communities r managed at low level so google hav no tension of managing it. People hav the power in communitites.
 
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