Any orkut members here?

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 19 Sep 2005 9:14 am

Apparently you have to know another member to join. I just want to see what it's all about.

Will Holtz · Post by **Will Holtz** » 19 Sep 2005 10:59 am

I'm on Orkut. You used to just be able to join, but I don't see an option for that anymore. I also don't see how to invite you from within Orkut. However, Orkut is now using Google Accounts for authentication. I think these are basically GMail logins, so I sent you a GMail invite. Hopefully that will get you into Orkut.

Orkut was hot stuff a few years ago, but has been pretty dead lately. (Atleast for English speaking folks. For a while Brazilians made up a major portion of Orkut users, and the langauge issues were becomeing problematic.) Lately MySpace has been the hot social networking site, but I personally hate it.

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 19 Sep 2005 11:40 am

I got the invitation, Will. Thanks. Pretty interesting software, but nosey! They ask more questions than I'm comfortable answering for an online service.

Will Holtz · Post by **Will Holtz** » 19 Sep 2005 2:36 pm

The vast majority of the questions are optional. They probably don't make that too clear.

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 19 Sep 2005 2:40 pm

Yeah, I understood that. I left almost all of them blank.