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Orkut was pretty much killed in the English speaking world by the Brazilian Portuguese speakers which took over any group which was created. They pushed every p
by LMMojo 7y ago
Orkut was pretty much killed in the English speaking world by the Brazilian Portuguese speakers which took over any group which was created. They pushed every photography, climbing and Linux group to the point where, as a non-Portuguese speaker, the site became way more noise than signal. You could flash a group as being for a specific language, but it wasn't enforced when someone violated this. Orkut admins ignored complaints and the malfeasanant posters rebutted with something which might translated to "who's going to make me?"
So, it became a useless site because there were no teeth to the rules.
- TMWNN 7y ago>Orkut was pretty much killed in the English speaking world by the Brazilian Portuguese speakers which took over any group which was created. They pushed every photography, climbing and Linux group to the point where, as a non-Portuguese speaker, the site became way more noise than signal. This is the source of the HUEHUEHUE meme https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/huahuehuahue https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/huahuehuahue . There's even an academic study on the Brazilian online cultural traits that cause such problems in Orkut! https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265844216_'HUEHUEHUE'_'BRBR'_THE_CARNIVALESQUE_GRIEFING_BEHAVIOUR_OF_BRAZILIAN_ONLINE_GAMERS https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265844216_'HUEHUEHU...