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	Why I Love Orkut
		There's something about Orkut, Fotolog and their lesser-known spin-offs that appeals to the hidden (and not so hidden) exhibitionist that lurks within the collective Brazilian hive-mind.
		Orkut has a seamy underbelly, and Brazil is only now coming to terms with the consequences.
		Orkut is a diverse and fascinating microcosm of Brazilian society.
	www.unfitforprint.com /articles/2005/10/31/why-i-love-orkut (602 words)

	Orkut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Orkut's use as a social tool is complex, because various people frequently try to add strangers to their own pool of friends, more often than not just to increase the number indicating their number of friends next to their name in their profile.
		As the number of orkut users increased and due to the low reliability and security of the site, there was a rise in the number of fake and clone profiles, something that can be achieved just in a matter of a few minutes.
		As the flooding of orkut was getting out of control, the developers implemented some features in order to stop this, such as not allowing two or more verbatim topics or scrapbook entries to be submitted, forcing the user to wait before posting another topic or scrapbook entry, and the usage of captchas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orkut (2262 words)

	Digital Web Magazine - Thirteen Ways To Save Orkut
		Orkut seems to be relying on the combination of the powerful Google brand combined with an invitation-only policy to create interest in a service that otherwise would be regarded as late to the game.
		Orkut has one advantage: Unlike most services, which are focused on promoting a single type of social connection, Orkut has designed a system that will augment all aspects of users’ lives—personal, social, and professional.
		Orkut’s current terms— “By submitting, posting or displaying any Materials on or through the orkut.com service, you automatically grant to us a worldwide, non-exclusive, sublicenseable, transferable, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right to copy, distribute, create derivative works of, publicly perform and display such Materials.”—are unconscionable.
	www.digital-web.com /articles/thirteen_ways_to_save_orkut (1263 words)

	apophenia: venting my contempt for orkut
		orkut is a fun toy at the moment and we need to play with it, and if it's broken, we tell the people who make it.
		That said, I've yet to see Orkut in all it's primitive glory, but from your description it is in dire need of more fine tuning (friend/fan certainly seems a strange pair of categories with which to assess all the people you know personally).
		Also orkut is not a public service provided by the government but is instead PRIVATELY OWNED and thus doesn't need to apply the principles of democracy and doesn't need to be available to everyone.
	www.zephoria.org /thoughts/archives/2004/01/30/venting_my_contempt_for_orkut.html (5741 words)

	RussellBeattie.com - Orkut
		So I just joined Orkut (or actually I did last night when Andrew gave me the scoop), the new Google-spawned social network service (thank god the name doesn't end in "-ster").
		Orkut really seems to make it easy to see info about my links, and see the contacts of others as well.
		Orkut's server seems to be holding up very well (especially for a site using Active Server Pages) and it's definitely reaching a critical mass - I can refresh the page and literally watch the Blogger group grow in real time.
	www.russellbeattie.com /notebook/1005900.html (179 words)

	Digital Web Magazine - Thirteen Ways To Save Orkut
		Orkut seems to be relying on the combination of the powerful Google brand combined with an invitation-only policy to create interest in a service that otherwise would be regarded as late to the game.
		Orkut has one advantage: Unlike most services, which are focused on promoting a single type of social connection, Orkut has designed a system that will augment all aspects of users’ lives—personal, social, and professional.
		Orkut’s current terms— “By submitting, posting or displaying any Materials on or through the orkut.com service, you automatically grant to us a worldwide, non-exclusive, sublicenseable, transferable, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right to copy, distribute, create derivative works of, publicly perform and display such Materials.”—are unconscionable.
	digital-web.com /features/save_orkut.shtml (1282 words)

	Why is orkut evil? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Orkut is a system whereby you set up an account which has information about you - your name, email address, location, likes & dislikes, etc - and allows you to connect yourself to other accounts by marking other people as "friends".
		Now, Orkut reserves the right to kick you off their system if you abuse it; effectively they can fllist you.
		Orkut now requires you to use a Google account to login, and they explicitly acknowledge that they may combine information from the two services for marketing purposes.
	exon.dyndns.org /orkut (1520 words)

	Google spawns social networking service \| CNET News.com
		Orkut could be the clearest signal that Google's aspirations don't end with search.
		Orkut is a "trusted" social network, meaning that you must be invited to join.
		Orkut, if adopted into the Google family, would signal a dramatic shift in the company's direction, similar to its acquisition of Pyra Labs and Blogger, a tool for self-publishing to the Internet.
	news.com.com /2100-1026_3-5146006.html (1004 words)

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		The backlash against social networking software like Friendster and Orkut is a consequence of the inadequacies of representing aspects of real social relationships.
		Orkut - Orkut is a social networking system which has space for people to create communities (ie.
		Other users in one's personal network are displayed in a grid, and users are encouraged to write testimonials extolling the virtues of their friends.
	www.lycos.com /info/orkut.html (405 words)

	apophenia: gaming Orkut connectors
		I logged into Orkut today and was pleasantly surprised to find that the first two connectors were neither Joi nor Marc.
		Posted by: abdulla faraz at March 5, 2004 04:15 AM I was wondering the same thing about "average path length", glad you summarized this.
		Orkut is now sorting friends and community lists by who has logged in most recently.
	zephoria.org /thoughts/archives/2004/03/04/gaming_orkut_connectors.html (1072 words)

	Brazilian Police Bust Dope Ring Built Around Google's Orkut - News by InformationWeek
		Orkut is a network developed by Google to compete with the likes of Friendster, LinkedIn, and MySpace, the latter purchased by Murdoch's News Corp. on Monday.
		In fact, the overwhelming number of Brazilians who frequent Orkut has led to some bad blood, with English speakers complaining about everything from waves of Portuguese-language spam to bemoaning the fact that their language, the default tongue of the Internet, isn't dominant on the site.
		Orkut is named after the Turkish engineer who created it, Orkut Buyukkokten.
	www.informationweek.com /story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=166401653 (582 words)

	Brazil Internet Craze Angers English Speakers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Orkut allows members to organize themselves into online communities of friends, and friends of friends, to discuss everything from chess to sandwiches.
		Orkut, named after Google software engineer Orkut Buyukkokten, made its debut in January and is still in the testing stages.
		"Orkut maps one's social prestige, and Brazilians are by nature gregarious," said Beth Saad, a professor at the University of Sao Paulo's School of Communications and Arts.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1173361/posts (3127 words)

	Orkut Weirdness - Dev Shed
		There's a couple communities I've created/joined that I'm no longer a member of, but when I look up the community it still says I'm the creator and the member count is right, but there's only like 1 or two people shown (when it should be like 60 and I'm not included).
		One thing that annoys me about Orkut is the amount of crap community messages going around.
		orkut bothers me due to the relative lack of interest in joining the community by the populace at large.
	forums.devshed.com /dev-shed-lounge-26/orkut-weirdness-158211.html (697 words)

	How Meeting People Online Becomes Science with Social Networks > Orkut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It's the brain child of Google employee Orkut Buyukkokten, built in the 20 percent of time in which Google engineers are allowed to develop independent projects.
		Like the others, Orkut is in beta, but the only beta thing I noticed was a tendency for pages to time out, particularly in the afternoon (East Coast time).
		Orkut tries to be all things to all people.
	www.informit.com /articles/article.asp?p=174311&seqNum=4 (650 words)

	USATODAY.com - Google to shut down Orkut communities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Google agreed to shut down any sites that violate Orkut's terms of service, which forbid "any illegal or unauthorized purpose," after the company met Tuesday with a Brazilian human rights commission, which presented evidence that Brazilians have been using the invitation-only networking site to promote crimes and violence.
		Orkut is extremely popular in Brazil with some 8 million users, representing about a quarter of all Brazilians who have access to the Internet.
		"Orkut does not condone any of the communities that advocate violence and are a threat to human rights," Nicole Wong, a Google attorney, said in a statement.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/news/2006-05-24-google-brazil_x.htm (580 words)

	Orkut Opens To Everyone, Google Talk Added
		Google’s rumored integration of Orkut and Google Talk is now live - you can enable the service by visiting the Settings tab in your profile.
		Orkut’s scraps are notes posted between you and your friends, and these can also be shared via Google Talk itself.
		Orkut, however, is different, and it seems less likely that members will react badly to the change.
	mashable.com /2006/11/08/orkut-opens-to-everyone-google-talk-added (924 words)

	Introduction to Orkut
		Orkut’s social network can help you both maintain existing relationships and establish new ones by reaching out to people you have never met before.
		He developed orkut as an independent project while working at Google, the outgrowth of a company policy whereby all employees at Google can spend 20% of their time working on personal interests.
		Orkut makes it easy to find people who share your hobbies and interests, look for romantic connections or establish new business contacts.
	programmerworld.net /articles/orkut/orkut_introduction.php (1687 words)

	Review on Orkut.com by linkinparkfan - MouthShut.com
		Meaning that you have to have either an invitation by a person already using orkut, or you have to be a Gmail user.
		Orkut has a scrapping feature meaning you can type out a message in anyoneâs scrapbook even if that person is not on your friendâs list.
		Meaning if you have logged into orkut through your gmail id, you can just type www.gmail.com in the address bar on the window where you are logged in orkut and it will open your gmail account, you will not be required to re-enter your password.
	www.mouthshut.com /review/Orkut.com-117970-1.html (1112 words)

	Photo Matt » On Orkut
		Orkut is a new social networking site funded by Google that takes the best of all the other sites out there and rolls it into one fast system.
		A neat thing about Orkut is that it’s invitation-only, so everyone there is connected to the original seed guy and programmer (whose name is Orkut, incidentally) which I think is an interesting idea.
		Scott remarked to me that he didn’t see Orkut flourishing the same way Ryze or Linkedin have because it mixes the personal and business aspect of things, while those two are mainly for business networking and only flirt with personal aspects.
	photomatt.net /archives/2004/01/29/on-orkut (1146 words)

	Orkut Integrates YouTube
		A Mashable reader spotted that Google has added a video section to Orkut today, giving users the ability to add videos from YouTube and Google Video straight into their profiles without copying and pasting code - instead, you just enter the URL of the video.
		Orkut is a social network that prioritizes personalizations; so integrating video on the site will likely improve the overall user experience.
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	mashable.com /2007/02/01/orkut-youtube (773 words)

	Review on Orkut.com by megs.4u - MouthShut.com
		Orkut provides you access to friends, friendâs friends and more friends...view their profile, like them...add them...if they do not accept it, and try the next one!
		Orkut also let you make communities, join them, report them as bogus and so on...which means that if you are a Mallika Sherawat fan and a beauty too(!), you can make a community on her and find your likes there...hints...hints!
		Orkut also has a very valuable option...if you are a fan of someone, make the world come to know of that...add yourself on his/her fan list and there you are...a good way of telling someone that you are special to her/him!
	www.mouthshut.com /review/Orkut.com-103473-1.html (749 words)

	Orkut: See what people are saying right now on Technorati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Orkut Shop eBay for anything and everything - from specialized gifts to custom clothing and genealogy tools.
		Orkut permite ver tus amigos en un mapa
		Gracias a las opciones en las fichas de tus amigos, Orkut situa de forma automática a tus amigos en un mapa...
	technorati.com /tag/orkut (386 words)

	Luis Villa’s Blog » Sun, 01 Feb 2004
		It took me a whole, like, 48 hours too long to be one of the cool kids invited to join orkut.
		[later] Orkut is sort of nifty, but has a fairly deep flaw- ‘friend’ or ‘not friend’ doesn’t really allow for the many shades of relationships in real life.
		I’m tempted to say that I wouldn’t call anyone a friend I haven’t had a beer with- yet within hours of joining Orkut, someone who I think is very cool but have not heard hide nor hair of for four years nominated me as a friend.
	tieguy.org /blog/2004/02/01/sun-01-feb-2004-2 (258 words)

	Google turns over Orkut data to Brazilian authorities \| InfoWorld \| News \| 2006-09-28 \| By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News ...
		Google has provided Brazilian authorities with data about Orkut users in response to 30 court orders, and it plans to respond to eight more orders before their deadlines expire, said Debbie Frost, a Google spokeswoman.
		Brazilian prosecutors investigating allegations of illegal activities on Orkut sued Google last month in a Brazil civil court, saying Google hadn't responded to their requests for information.
		Google runs Orkut from the U.S., so requests have to be sent to its headquarters in Mountain View, California, it said.
	www.infoworld.com /article/06/09/28/HNorkutbrazil_1.html (1013 words)

	» Orkut » InsideGoogle » part of the Blog News Channel
		A worm, targeted at Brazilian users of Google’s Orkut social networking service, was attempting to steal user’s banking credentials.
		Its Orkut, with better styling, a few customization options (background image) and a lot of soccer profile options (style of play, position, favorite score, favorite national team, worst in-game injury).
		ThreadWatch reports that Google is now telling all Orkut users to upgrade to a full-fledged Google Account, the first move to unify logins accross its properties.
	google.blognewschannel.com /index.php/archives/category/services/orkut (1800 words)

	Urban Dictionary: orkut
		Until recently, orkut was invitation only, but it now permits users to create accounts without an invitation.
		orkut's social network can help you both maintain existing relationships and establish new ones by reaching out to people you've never met before.
		To join orkut, simply click on the link in the email you received and follow the instructions for creating a user name and password.
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=orkut (552 words)

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