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It's really interesting no other comment is talking about the LGBTQ community because as far as I know founder is gay and living in Turkey and that means they h
by mertnesvat 4y ago
It's really interesting no other comment is talking about the LGBTQ community because as far as I know founder is gay and living in Turkey and that means they have a bit closed community, general public doesn't accept them.
So I think orkut means a lot for the LGBTQ and Activists community would be great to hear the thoughts from them.
Some ref...
https://gay.blog.br/en/geek-en/orkut-social-network-was-founded-17-years-ago-by-gay-engineer/ https://gay.blog.br/en/geek-en/orkut-social-network-was-foun...
- srvmshr 4y agoIt is funny that you mention: I don't know the source of this, but a whole urban myth was going around in the heydays (India especially for sure) that Orkut Buyukkokten had envisaged a social network in the hopes that he could re-connect with a childhood flame, a girl who he was no longer in touch with [1]. Who would have known back then :) [1] https://www.theweek.in/leisure/society/2018/04/22/orkut-the-ex-we-never-really-got-over.html https://www.theweek.in/leisure/society/2018/04/22/orkut-the-... Emphasized: "Even the (possibly cooked up) origin story of Orkut is sappy and saccharine—the lore goes that Orkut was created by Buyukkokten after embarking on a search for his missing girlfriend."