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Ask HN: How many of you have used Orkut?
- Ice_cream_suit 9y agoI did, for all of 5 minutes. There was nothing compelling about that product. Orkut's death was unnoticed and unmourned. I am mildly surprised that Google wasted money on it for 10 years. However Google's lack of focus in it's pre-Pichai years was notorious, and undoubtedly explains this.
- soneca 9y agoThat's like saying that the end of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood TV show was unnoticed and unmourned... because I live in Brazil.
- kreetx 9y agoI also did. Although it was a long time ago then the vague memory of it is that it was pretty similar to facebook, perhaps the minus the advertising. But groups and friends were there, could leave testimonials, send messages, etc.
- startupflix 9y agoSo, in your opinion was it better than Facebook?
- kreetx 9y agoThis is hard to say (and it was a long time ago!). Perhaps Orkut was more predictable in what you got to see, but fb does need to have an algo to show the feed since you can't sift through all of it..
- is_true 9y agoI didn't use it, but I remember it was really popular in Brazil.
- PerfectElement 9y agoGrowing up in Brazil, Orkut was as popular as Facebook is now; most people had an Orkut account. Personally, I made a few new friends, connected with some high school colleagues and met a long term girlfriend. I miss its simplicity. The lack of a news feed was a feature, not a bug.
- startupflix 9y agoWish someone recreate Orkut :'(
- ablaba 9y agohttps://venturebeat.com/2016/08/05/orkut-founder-launches-hello-a-social-network-focused-on-your-passions/ https://venturebeat.com/2016/08/05/orkut-founder-launches-he...
- startupflix 9y agoIts Hello! Its a pure piece of shit.
- soneca 9y agoSame here. I and roughly 100% of my college friends used Orkut.
- ksherlock 9y agoOh, maybe in 2005 it was invite only so I couldn't.
- SkyRocknRoll 9y agoIn our college we used orkut. I have even built an web proxy to make orkut work within our campus. PS: I am from India