I was told (source who used work for Google) that Orkut required massive amounts of resources that made it hard to run at scale. And there was no money in it.

I was told (source who used work for Google) that Orkut required massive amounts of resources that made it hard to run at scale. And there was no money in it. This is why I'm a bit surprised that G+ is so bloated, as there is no money in that either....