Orkut Invite? February 12, 2006 6:38 PM Subscribe
Would somebody invite me to Orkut? I had forgotten all about it, and saw a passing mention of it today and realized that I never did get to see what all the fuss was about.
My Gmail address is in my profile.
Check my posting history if you want to check out my "suitability" for receiving an invite from you.
My Gmail address is in my profile.
Check my posting history if you want to check out my "suitability" for receiving an invite from you.
Oh, SNAP!
posted by davey_darling at 6:44 PM on February 12, 2006
posted by davey_darling at 6:44 PM on February 12, 2006
So, aside from the fact that there are no mefi members near you, just out of curiousity, what is it about your profile that would lead anyone to believe you're a suitible member for orkut? Seemed pretty sparse to me.
posted by crunchland at 7:32 PM on February 12, 2006
posted by crunchland at 7:32 PM on February 12, 2006
There's exactly one reason why the poster is not suitable for orkut:
He's not brazillian.
posted by JZig at 7:34 PM on February 12, 2006
He's not brazillian.
posted by JZig at 7:34 PM on February 12, 2006
My mistake, my mistake. I misread the original message. posting history, not profile. Still pretty sparse, but it makes more sense. My apologies.
posted by crunchland at 7:54 PM on February 12, 2006
posted by crunchland at 7:54 PM on February 12, 2006
Your ability to establish conformity with the spirit of the rules in ~3 minutes speaks to your ability to establish conformity with the spirit of the rules, Kwantsar.
A friend of mine recently started up an online service that requires being invited. When I asked if I were worthy, she just said "oh yeah, we only did that so our server wouldn't get overwhelmed suddenly."
Another side benefit of doing the invite thing.
posted by scarabic at 7:55 PM on February 12, 2006
A friend of mine recently started up an online service that requires being invited. When I asked if I were worthy, she just said "oh yeah, we only did that so our server wouldn't get overwhelmed suddenly."
Another side benefit of doing the invite thing.
posted by scarabic at 7:55 PM on February 12, 2006
I didnt know there was such a thing as "suitability for Orkut"
I rarely go there. Once in a while I get a friend request from some random Brazilian woman. I usually say no if they have more than a few hundred contacts but yes if they have less. My scrapbook on there is full of random messages from them which I cannot read. I find the whole thing hilarious.
posted by vacapinta at 7:57 PM on February 12, 2006
I rarely go there. Once in a while I get a friend request from some random Brazilian woman. I usually say no if they have more than a few hundred contacts but yes if they have less. My scrapbook on there is full of random messages from them which I cannot read. I find the whole thing hilarious.
posted by vacapinta at 7:57 PM on February 12, 2006
So, aside from the fact that there are no mefi members near you, just out of curiousity, what is it about your profile that would lead anyone to believe you're a suitible member for orkut? Seemed pretty sparse to me.
Ahh, so you see, you reviewed my posting history and decided that I was not, in fact, suitable to receive an invite from you. (just as I suggested in my original post. Others may (and indeed have) decided that I was invite worthy.
posted by davey_darling at 7:58 PM on February 12, 2006
Ahh, so you see, you reviewed my posting history and decided that I was not, in fact, suitable to receive an invite from you. (just as I suggested in my original post. Others may (and indeed have) decided that I was invite worthy.
posted by davey_darling at 7:58 PM on February 12, 2006
Whoops, posted before reading your followup comment.
(apology accepted, I don't get twisted over things I read on the internets!)
posted by davey_darling at 8:04 PM on February 12, 2006
(apology accepted, I don't get twisted over things I read on the internets!)
posted by davey_darling at 8:04 PM on February 12, 2006
Do people really still use orkut?
posted by Saucy Intruder at 8:06 PM on February 12, 2006
posted by Saucy Intruder at 8:06 PM on February 12, 2006
What if you're not Brazilian, but you get Brazilians? Can you get invited then?
posted by iconomy at 8:12 PM on February 12, 2006
posted by iconomy at 8:12 PM on February 12, 2006
Only if you post pictures to Orkut of said Brazilians.
posted by eyeballkid at 8:17 PM on February 12, 2006
posted by eyeballkid at 8:17 PM on February 12, 2006
Do people really still use orkut?
Yeah, a brazillion.
posted by nomad at 8:46 PM on February 12, 2006
Yeah, a brazillion.
posted by nomad at 8:46 PM on February 12, 2006
Can you invite me into your home? And take down all the crucifixes and cover the mirrors?
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:27 PM on February 12, 2006
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:27 PM on February 12, 2006
I was ejected from Orkut. I am an Orkut outlaw.
posted by madamjujujive at 9:29 PM on February 12, 2006
posted by madamjujujive at 9:29 PM on February 12, 2006
I personally am done with Orkut a long time ago, though I will invite anyone who is curious about it. It's a decent tool as social networking sites go, though the invite-only thing killed it in the end. The only people I know who belonge are the futurist / technophile jackasses who belong to everything. About 10,000x more people belong to MySpace, FFS. I find more of my general social acquaintance on Friendster and more of the SF / Burning Man community on Tribe. As far as I'm concerned the journalist / consultant crew I know on Orkut can seek me out when they have a project they need help with. I don't need a tool for seeking them out. Google really bombed on this one. They offered nothing that hadn't been done elsewhere, they didn't integrate it into their other tools. And they generated some temporary buzz with the invite thing, but not enough to overcome the basic user-hatred inherent in such a feature.
posted by scarabic at 9:45 PM on February 12, 2006
posted by scarabic at 9:45 PM on February 12, 2006
Someone want to spot me a fiver to get a MeFi sockpuppet account?
posted by blue_beetle at 9:51 PM on February 12, 2006
posted by blue_beetle at 9:51 PM on February 12, 2006
thanks, iconomy, I'm totally masturbating now. I suppose that's what you wanted all along. You win. Damn it!
posted by jonson at 10:00 PM on February 12, 2006
posted by jonson at 10:00 PM on February 12, 2006
I was ejected from Orkut. I am an Orkut outlaw.
and i as well. orkut sucks the big one.
posted by quonsar at 10:49 PM on February 12, 2006
and i as well. orkut sucks the big one.
posted by quonsar at 10:49 PM on February 12, 2006
I was ejected from Orkut. I am an Orkut outlaw.
Neat! It sounds so dashing and romantic.
and i as well. orkut sucks the big one.
Then again, maybe not.
posted by gsteff at 11:14 PM on February 12, 2006
Neat! It sounds so dashing and romantic.
and i as well. orkut sucks the big one.
Then again, maybe not.
posted by gsteff at 11:14 PM on February 12, 2006
I think I was kicked out for associating with horse-fuckers, but the details are hazy.
posted by trondant at 12:24 AM on February 13, 2006
posted by trondant at 12:24 AM on February 13, 2006
Wait, so I'm not the only one to receive invite requests from Brazilians? WTF is up with Brazillians being in love with Orkut? Is Orkut some sexy word in Portugese or something?
posted by antifuse at 1:09 AM on February 13, 2006
posted by antifuse at 1:09 AM on February 13, 2006
"Google really bombed on this one."
Actually, Orkut was semi-usable up until the point where it was suddenly and entirely taken over by Brazil. Now, of course, it's worthless to anyone who doesn't speak Portuguese.
It's a shame that LC turned off most of the social features of GNE/Flickr during the "productization" phase. Those were shaping up to be both useful and non-Brazilian.
posted by majick at 3:50 AM on February 13, 2006
Actually, Orkut was semi-usable up until the point where it was suddenly and entirely taken over by Brazil. Now, of course, it's worthless to anyone who doesn't speak Portuguese.
It's a shame that LC turned off most of the social features of GNE/Flickr during the "productization" phase. Those were shaping up to be both useful and non-Brazilian.
posted by majick at 3:50 AM on February 13, 2006
I was ejected from Orkut. I am an Orkut outlaw.
posted by madamjujujive at 12:29 AM EST on February 13 [!]
I remember that! That took all the fun out of Orkut. Every time we'd log in we'd find another fun mefite had been banned, it was ridiculous.
posted by zarah at 3:59 AM on February 13, 2006
posted by madamjujujive at 12:29 AM EST on February 13 [!]
I remember that! That took all the fun out of Orkut. Every time we'd log in we'd find another fun mefite had been banned, it was ridiculous.
posted by zarah at 3:59 AM on February 13, 2006
From looking at my Google Account page -- or whatever that thing is called -- it looks like you can now sign into Orkut with a Google/gmail login too.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:45 AM on February 13, 2006
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:45 AM on February 13, 2006
I just tried that jessamyn, and it looks like it's a database consolidation thing, not a "gmail users are also orkut users" thing.
posted by catachresoid at 5:00 AM on February 13, 2006
posted by catachresoid at 5:00 AM on February 13, 2006
Actually, Orkut was semi-usable up until the point where it was suddenly and entirely taken over by Brazil. Now, of course, it's worthless to anyone who doesn't speak Portuguese.
So what? I say, fuck y'all for not speaking Portugese. Is say, go Brazilian internet dorks. Bold new world, etc and such shit.
posted by cortex at 6:46 AM on February 13, 2006
So what? I say, fuck y'all for not speaking Portugese. Is say, go Brazilian internet dorks. Bold new world, etc and such shit.
posted by cortex at 6:46 AM on February 13, 2006
People are complaining about being inundated by requests from Brazilian women? Have you not seen those Bavaria beer commercials people? tsk tsk tsk...
posted by chunking express at 8:02 AM on February 13, 2006
posted by chunking express at 8:02 AM on February 13, 2006
I would like to point out that 'orkut' is Finnish slang for orgasms.
Making me curious about the service they provide...
posted by slimepuppy at 8:21 AM on February 13, 2006
Making me curious about the service they provide...
posted by slimepuppy at 8:21 AM on February 13, 2006
Actually, Orkut was semi-usable
I agree - it's not a bad software product. The whole social networking game is adoption, though, which is what Google failed (except in Brazil - which by all appearances was haphazard luck).
posted by scarabic at 8:32 AM on February 13, 2006
I agree - it's not a bad software product. The whole social networking game is adoption, though, which is what Google failed (except in Brazil - which by all appearances was haphazard luck).
posted by scarabic at 8:32 AM on February 13, 2006
Damn! I left Orkut because it sucks. I wish I'd been kicked out like madamjjj!
posted by frykitty at 8:39 AM on February 13, 2006
posted by frykitty at 8:39 AM on February 13, 2006
(PS: it does not suck because of the Brazilians. Go Brazil! I just didn't like the management/functionality.)
posted by frykitty at 8:40 AM on February 13, 2006
posted by frykitty at 8:40 AM on February 13, 2006
Can I get a File Pile login? Email in profile.
posted by The Jesse Helms at 8:50 AM on February 13, 2006
posted by The Jesse Helms at 8:50 AM on February 13, 2006
invented by a Turk, overwhemingly populated by Brazilians -- it's clearly an anti-American site
posted by matteo at 9:03 AM on February 13, 2006
posted by matteo at 9:03 AM on February 13, 2006
The irony is: the guy who designed Orkut (his name is Orkut) was hired at Google as an interface designer.
posted by agropyron at 9:12 AM on February 13, 2006
posted by agropyron at 9:12 AM on February 13, 2006
majick : "Actually, Orkut was semi-usable up until the point where it was suddenly and entirely taken over by Brazil. Now, of course, it's worthless to anyone who doesn't speak Portuguese."
While I don't use Orkut since a week or two after it started and regret my fellow citizens more agressive actions during this "take-over" (like spamming in Portuguese every other group and forum), there is a certain irony about a country that responds for something like 2.5% of the World Internet usage being able to overrun a popular global service like that. Orkut (and Orku-like services) became such a Brazilian cultural phenomenon to the extend that a couple of months ago a distant cousin complained that because I didn't had a photo she confused my page with my father's (we have the same name, more or less). Everybody in Brazil, their old aunts and their pets are in Orkut. Every major Internet service launched an Orkut clone. Soccer holligans from different teams use their respective Orkut groups to make fight appointments.
Brazilians have always been very sociable, I guess the technology just stressed the point.
posted by nkyad at 9:55 AM on February 13, 2006
While I don't use Orkut since a week or two after it started and regret my fellow citizens more agressive actions during this "take-over" (like spamming in Portuguese every other group and forum), there is a certain irony about a country that responds for something like 2.5% of the World Internet usage being able to overrun a popular global service like that. Orkut (and Orku-like services) became such a Brazilian cultural phenomenon to the extend that a couple of months ago a distant cousin complained that because I didn't had a photo she confused my page with my father's (we have the same name, more or less). Everybody in Brazil, their old aunts and their pets are in Orkut. Every major Internet service launched an Orkut clone. Soccer holligans from different teams use their respective Orkut groups to make fight appointments.
Brazilians have always been very sociable, I guess the technology just stressed the point.
posted by nkyad at 9:55 AM on February 13, 2006
I could also use one for filepile.
I've done my time on orkut, and just got tired of the increasing incomprehensibility. It would have been interesting to have been ejected before they drove half the people off anyway.
posted by mystyk at 3:17 PM on February 13, 2006
I've done my time on orkut, and just got tired of the increasing incomprehensibility. It would have been interesting to have been ejected before they drove half the people off anyway.
posted by mystyk at 3:17 PM on February 13, 2006
Can I have an invite for metafilter? I hear it's totally l33t.
posted by arcticwoman at 3:23 PM on February 13, 2006
posted by arcticwoman at 3:23 PM on February 13, 2006
Can I have an invite for metafilter? I hear it's totally l33t.
Metafilter was shut down years ago. Only the login screen remains.
posted by blag at 4:08 PM on February 13, 2006
Metafilter was shut down years ago. Only the login screen remains.
posted by blag at 4:08 PM on February 13, 2006
It seems like the invitation sites (orkut, others) have lost to the open sites (myspace, facebook). So much for that social experiment.
posted by smackfu at 6:14 PM on February 13, 2006
posted by smackfu at 6:14 PM on February 13, 2006
"...Orkut was semi-usable up until the point where it was suddenly and entirely taken over by Brazil. Now, of course, it's worthless to anyone who doesn't speak Portuguese."
So Migs left us for Orkut, then?
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:20 PM on February 13, 2006
So Migs left us for Orkut, then?
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:20 PM on February 13, 2006
what happened to the alumshubby thread? did it become moot or something?
posted by CunningLinguist at 7:20 PM on February 13, 2006
posted by CunningLinguist at 7:20 PM on February 13, 2006
So Migs left us for Orkut, then?
Funny you should say that. Miguel is one if my contacts there and they are ordered by how recently they last logged in. When I went to take care of davey's invite, there was Miguel, near the top.
posted by vacapinta at 11:01 PM on February 13, 2006
Funny you should say that. Miguel is one if my contacts there and they are ordered by how recently they last logged in. When I went to take care of davey's invite, there was Miguel, near the top.
posted by vacapinta at 11:01 PM on February 13, 2006
Aw man, filepile! I used to have an account (under this name), but guess it's disabled now. Did they weed out unused accounts or something?
posted by speedo at 1:17 PM on February 14, 2006
posted by speedo at 1:17 PM on February 14, 2006
"Miguel is one if my contacts there and they are ordered by how recently they last logged in. When I went to take care of davey's invite, there was Miguel, near the top."
I KNEW IT!
*plots against Orkut*
posted by mr_crash_davis at 3:39 PM on February 15, 2006
I KNEW IT!
*plots against Orkut*
posted by mr_crash_davis at 3:39 PM on February 15, 2006
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posted by Kwantsar at 6:41 PM on February 12, 2006