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Wow, like when Google shut down Orkut despite it being huge in Brazil and India.
by cheriot 4y ago
Wow, like when Google shut down Orkut despite it being huge in Brazil and India.
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y agoIf Orkut got integrated into Google's ecosystem, spinning it out probably would've cost more money than they could've sold it for. I imagine they factored this in before deciding to shut it down rather than sell it.
- randoglando 4y ago> If Orkut got integrated into Google's ecosystem It would have met the same fate as if it hadn't - i.e., it would have been killed off.
- grishka 4y agoAnd then all those Brazilians flocked to VKontakte because apparently VK groups were somehow similar to what Orkut offered. I remember the rush to translate everything into Portuguese.
- ekianjo 4y agoBeing big in one country is hardly a success, though. For a platform ideally you'd want to work across multiple regions.
- gota 4y agoIf the country has 1 billion or 200 million people, as was the case, it's hard to argue your point I mean, you have to have a pretty strict definition of success if, say, 100M daily active users does not qualify (Disclaimer: last number made up)