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On Orkut
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Interesting Links, Reviews, Web | January 29th, 2004
What can I say, I like it. 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. Let me emphasize fast. I gave up on Friendster because I’m not patient enough to wait minutes for every screen to load. I don’t know if anyone else has noticed this, but every site I’ve tried so far (with the exception of LinkedIn) feels like it’s held together by spit and duck tape and run on a 486. Not to mention the atrocious markup.
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 Allen (who has a great new WordPress-powered blog) says that’s the most innovative thing about Orkut.
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. It’s too soon to tell, but I think Orkut is going to be a big success. It does a lot of things right.
So go check it out, and if you’re having trouble getting in let me know and I’ll send you an invite. If you’re already on, introduce yourself.
Dominik | January 29th, 2004 @ 2:11 am
It sure sounds interesting, do you think it would be possible to invite me?
Manuzhai | January 29th, 2004 @ 5:38 am
I’d like to get in as well…
That would be nice, TIA.
Matt | January 29th, 2004 @ 5:40 am
Done and done.
Joel | January 29th, 2004 @ 7:17 am
Hey, you think you could send me an invite? I admit that their invite-only tactic has been working on me, too — now I’m really curious.
Dominik | January 29th, 2004 @ 7:49 am
Gracias.
Geof | January 29th, 2004 @ 8:46 am
You like me! You really really like me!
Ali | January 29th, 2004 @ 11:08 am
Hi! Orkut sounds very interesting. If possible I would like an invite. Thank you. BTW love ur site.
Kent | January 29th, 2004 @ 12:25 pm
I’d like an invite !
Chris Burkhardt | January 29th, 2004 @ 12:56 pm
Hey Matt, Orkut looks cool… at least the first page is nice and simple. I’d also appreciate an invitation so I can check it out further : )
(why does Scott Allen’s name have an * after it?)
Melanie Langenhan | January 29th, 2004 @ 1:18 pm
Hi Matt, I am on Orkut, too. It’s a really interesting project and I hope the developers will listen to their user’s comments and suggestions. By the by, my own homepage is a weblog about genealogy (there are still only few genealogical blogs around). I have seen you’re interested in genealogy as well. Don’t worry about the German language if you want to give it a try - you can start directly on the main page with Google translation service (which will translate enough to understand).
Best wishes,
Melanie
Brian Cantoni | January 29th, 2004 @ 1:36 pm
Matt- I’m just getting started with Orkut as well, trying to determine how useful it will be. Should be a good way to connect with more interesting people. Just getting started, I’ve got 2 friends, but connected to 9350 people!
Chris | January 29th, 2004 @ 1:45 pm
Matt, please send me an invite to orkut, I would like to check it out.
Chris
Dougal Campbell | January 29th, 2004 @ 2:19 pm
I’ve been wanting to get on Orkut, if for no other reason than to flesh out my article on Social Networking. Hook me up?
Matt | January 29th, 2004 @ 2:54 pm
Glad to see such interest! If you’d like me to add you please let me know your first and last name.
Nick Momrik | January 29th, 2004 @ 4:31 pm
I’d like to give it a try too…can I get an invite? Thanks!
Matt | January 29th, 2004 @ 4:47 pm
Okay I think I’ve gotten everybody. If I missed you by accident drop me an email.
Terence Ordona | January 29th, 2004 @ 6:19 pm
Whoa! Looks interesting. I’d like to give it a try, can I get an an invite please? Thanks.
Daniel Burns | January 29th, 2004 @ 6:21 pm
At the risk of sounding just like everyone else, any chance of an invite?
Your review has me curious.
Lucien | January 29th, 2004 @ 7:25 pm
It does sound pretty curious.. I’d love to get an invite, but doesn’t giving out invites kinda defeat the purpose of it? (granted, I haven’t been invited, so I have no idea.. heh heh).
Emer Faraon, MD | January 29th, 2004 @ 7:58 pm
i wrote you an email. hope you can invite me in Orkut, too. see you! thanks!
David Clain | January 29th, 2004 @ 10:23 pm
Matt, if I may be so bold… I would, grudgingly, accept an invite…
My blog entry on this was sorely lacking until I can take a look for myself, and I’ve heard some good things throughout the ’sphere — ashamed though I may be, the invite-only thing is working on me.
Thanks (from david@swagu.com ;-))!
Anonymous | January 29th, 2004 @ 11:22 pm
I’d like to check this out, so if you could invite me it would be appreciated.
Nikita Kashner | January 29th, 2004 @ 11:23 pm
Sorry, that last comment was from a very tired me that hit ‘enter’ by accident.
Anyways, as I said, I’d love an invite.
Karl Bedingfield | January 30th, 2004 @ 1:28 am
Hmmm that sounds interesting. I would be interested in getting an invite to see what its all about!
Thanks
Karl
Matt | January 30th, 2004 @ 1:48 am
The site seems to be down, but as soon as it’s back up I’ll catch up on the invites.
Matt | January 30th, 2004 @ 2:51 am
Karl, your email seems to be bouncing so you’ll have to send me another address if you want in.
Orkut is back online and I’m all caught up now.
Nerbie | January 30th, 2004 @ 6:36 am
hello… does it possible to invite me? thanks a lot!
Nikita Kashner | January 30th, 2004 @ 6:54 am
Thanks.
Arlene Deynes | January 30th, 2004 @ 8:10 am
There you go. I am really interested.
Thank you. ::BIG SMILE::
Cody Clark | January 30th, 2004 @ 8:30 am
Oh hey. Sounds cool. Pick me! Pick me! I want to be popular too!
Mark | January 30th, 2004 @ 9:44 am
Matt, how about an Orkut invite?
Firstname: Mark
LastName: Ghosh
Email: dinki at mac dot com
Mark | January 30th, 2004 @ 10:25 am
I forgot to say thank you!
Vinay Venkatesh | January 30th, 2004 @ 11:33 am
Actually, I am really interested as well. If you would invite me, I would really like it. Thank you so much!
Ryan Waddell | January 30th, 2004 @ 12:42 pm
I invited a bunch of friends yesterday, but it would appear as though none of their invitation messages are arriving… grrrr!
JD | January 30th, 2004 @ 4:26 pm
Hi Matt,
Would you mind inviting me??
JD
Nick Momrik | January 30th, 2004 @ 6:59 pm
Matt,
I didn’t get an invite, can you try again?
Thanks!
Emer Faraon, MD | January 30th, 2004 @ 11:22 pm
Forgive me, but there’s still no invite on my inbox. You might have missed me.
Anyway, thanks again! =)
Sid Carter | January 31st, 2004 @ 10:15 am
Hi,
I would like to try orkut too. Could you send me an invite too.
Thanks in advance
sarahw | January 31st, 2004 @ 10:33 am
woo! i’ve got two fans! movin on up in the world.
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MikeyC | January 31st, 2004 @ 11:31 pm
Hey Matt, could I get an invite too?
Thanks.
Rodders | February 1st, 2004 @ 2:28 pm
Hi Matt
If you could send me an invite, that would be great
Cheers
Rodders
Clay Harris | February 1st, 2004 @ 2:55 pm
i’d really appreciate an invite. thanks!
clay
Rodders | February 1st, 2004 @ 3:00 pm
Oops. Sorry Matt, I should have included my first name & last name above:
Rodney Marks
(Rodders)
Daniel Burns | February 1st, 2004 @ 7:10 pm
Hiya,
Like everyone else, I’m on the scrounge for an invite.
If you get the chance, it’d be much appreciated.
Regards,
Daniel.
William Fifield | February 1st, 2004 @ 7:17 pm
Could you invite me, please.
Thanks,
William
David grant | February 2nd, 2004 @ 10:02 am
Matt -> I would like an invite too, while you’re at it.
David Fasel | February 2nd, 2004 @ 2:48 pm
The New York Times has a fascinating article about the coming war between Google and Microsoft regarding search tactics, authenticated email (imagine no spam, or getting paid to recieve spam), and, you guessed it… Friendster clones. It’s called “The Coming Search Wars” and was published Feb 1, 2004.
Any chance I could get an invite?
Will | February 2nd, 2004 @ 3:47 pm
Looks cool, but how are you supposed to get invited? Not sure about all these friendster things, isn’t it a little too much like the masons? What happens?
Chris Burkhardt | February 2nd, 2004 @ 6:24 pm
Will - haha, yes, the Orkut-Masons. From Matt’s “About” page on this site: “Any rumors of affiliations with secret underground organizations are completely unsubstantiated.”
Is Friendster invite only?
Maxime R | February 2nd, 2004 @ 6:38 pm
Sounds awesome, can I get invited ?
Mdp | February 2nd, 2004 @ 11:35 pm
Hello, Like everyone else, I’m on the scrounge for an Orkut invite.
Another interesting thing. Googling for “orkut invite” (sans ” marks) brings up your blog entry as the first link.
Thanks.
Mikhail Pobst
Matt | February 2nd, 2004 @ 11:46 pm
Mikhail, oh no. I hope I don’t get flooded. Invite policy is now that we have some sort of connection, be it through a website or email or location or something. Or that you appear interesting. Or hot.
Kymberlie R. McGuire | February 3rd, 2004 @ 9:34 am
I had an invite from Rannie, but it got lost in a massive server dump of my e-mail. Can you invite me?
Ian Varley | February 3rd, 2004 @ 1:34 pm
Ooh, can I get an invite too?
Rick Yribe | February 3rd, 2004 @ 10:06 pm
This is a comment. I wish to be invited into orkut. My full name is Rick Yribe. Email is down there.
Graham Siener | February 5th, 2004 @ 2:18 pm
Matt-
I’ve actually been idolizing your site for awhile, especially the Gallery integration (which I asked about a while ago). I’m also a huge Wordpress fan, but all my posts over there are still Anonymous, as I haven’t decided on a site name yet. Anyway, an invitation would be greatly appreciated!
Geof | February 5th, 2004 @ 7:58 pm
Matt … I’d be wondering how you had so many “friends”. Not that I, um, doubt you having friends.
God Bless!
Henena | February 9th, 2004 @ 10:01 am
Wow!!! Sounds coooooool~ can I get an invite too?
anon | February 9th, 2004 @ 4:12 pm
http://www.firstadopter.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid57
free orkut invites there
Nichlas | February 10th, 2004 @ 12:11 pm
Well.. seems like being a member of Orkut can get you friends real quick
(no, i’m not a member.. yet!)
Demetri | February 13th, 2004 @ 10:30 am
out of pure sociological interest, i’d like to give it a try - can you invite me? thanks!
kdeweb | February 14th, 2004 @ 3:07 am
i would also like an invite. i have been wanting to try this site as well.
Paul Wee | February 16th, 2004 @ 10:15 pm
I would love to be invited. Please ..anyone?
Tim | February 17th, 2004 @ 2:20 am
would love an invite ! thx !