Google Social Network: Orkut

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday January 23, 2004 @07:47AM from the first-rule-of-orkut-is-you-do-not-talk-about-orkut dept.

shelleymonster writes "According to CNET, Google has quietly released its own version of Friendster, called Orkut. About 3 months ago, Google entered into talks to acquire Friendster, but was turned down. Named after one of its engineers, Orkut Buyukkokten, the new social network looks even tougher to get into than Friendster. An initial 12,000 invitations were sent out, and new users can only join through an existing user. Someone want to invite me?"

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Friendster? by cspenn · 2004-01-23 07:48 · Score: 5, Funny

Friendster was hard to get into because of all those JSP errors. Orkut is by invitation only. Slight difference.

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1. Re:Friendster? by Saeed+al-Sahaf · 2004-01-23 07:59 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  If you HAVE to ask, your not on the list...
  
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Friendless by DaHat · 2004-01-23 07:49 · Score: 4, Funny

So those of us who no one likes will never be let to join? And I thought my life was bad now! First I'm kept out of all of the real world social places... not the online ones too? Could it get any worse?

Yes, the above is sarcasm!

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1. Re:Friendless by grahamkg · 2004-01-23 08:06 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Yes, they could let you in and you realize you've got nothing in common with them - just like in the real world.
  
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Orkut? by konichiwa · 2004-01-23 07:49 · Score: 5, Funny

Named after one of its engineers, Orkut Buyukkokten

They should have named it Buyukkokten! :(

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1. Re:Orkut? by tommck · 2004-01-23 07:51 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  or Bukkake for short....
  
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2. Re:Orkut? by ellem · 2004-01-23 07:54 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Didn't you get the memo from Tom Chiusano that we can't say Bukkake anymore?
  
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3. Re:Orkut? by Java+Pimp · 2004-01-23 07:57 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Buyukkokten!
  
  Looks like something one might hear while playing Street Fighter.
  
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4. Re:Orkut? by tuffy · 2004-01-23 08:08 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  They should have named it Buyukkokten!
  
  Sorry, but Ogg already took that name for another codec. Expect Ogg Buyukkokten to arrive soon and deliver amazing, patent-free chocolate cake compression over TCP/IP.
  
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WOO HOO! by NDPTAL85 · 2004-01-23 07:50 · Score: 5, Funny

Alright! Now thru the golden graces of Google, they've amassed all the collective might of the PhD's they employ to re-create the negative social effects of high school cliques and elitism!

YAY!

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/. Fan by sleepingsquirrel · 2004-01-23 07:50 · Score: 5, Funny

Orkut? They'll have to do quite a bit of work to give their members the prestige that's associated with having a Slashdot fan.
Invitation only society by PFactor · 2004-01-23 07:50 · Score: 5, Funny

An invitation-only society will always become cannabalistic and/or inbred.

I don't want to be invited into that!

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googoogaga by jimmi_bob · 2004-01-23 07:51 · Score: 4, Funny

google continue their world domination attempts, next thing you know we'll have google linux, google word pro, and google tunes (gTunes?) ... they'll release it all in a single package and call it googogogol

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Re:It won't be too hard by grub · 2004-01-23 07:52 · Score: 4, Funny

slashdotters don't know 3 people each if you discount both parents and Mittens the cat. :(

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To quote Groucho Marx by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-23 07:53 · Score: 5, Funny

I wouldn't join any club that would have me as a member. =)
I don't know why everyone make so many jokes.. by msimm · 2004-01-23 07:58 · Score: 4, Funny

about these things. I met my best friend, my wife and my rabbi on friendster. I'm not even jewish!

;-) Sorry.

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bukkake? by Grimlock88 · 2004-01-23 08:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Next time someone questions the educational ability of the internet, simply respond with that one word. It is proof that we've all learned something new, which we probably never would have.
Riiiight... by anactofgod · 2004-01-23 08:08 · Score: 5, Funny

Google put up a network to compete w/ Friendster.
Riiiiight

Twelve thousand initial invitations went out to join.
Riiiight

Only members can invite new members.
Riiiight

This is the BEST vaporware campaign EVER!

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Invite only? by clckwrkMalChick · 2004-01-23 08:09 · Score: 5, Funny

I feel like the fat kid who always got picked last for dodgeball. Wait, I am the fat kid that always got picked last for dodgeball. Somehow this hurts slightly more.

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Re:Google Company Directive by DigitalBubblebath · 2004-01-23 08:11 · Score: 5, Funny

...by working on it about one day a week--an amount that Google asks all of its engineers to devote to personal projects

Is it the Sunday?
SocNets we'd like to see by theCat · 2004-01-23 08:13 · Score: 4, Funny

Mobster: you must be a member of a gang or Mafia. To get in, you need to have a rap sheet with at least 20 entries. First 12,000 invites went to email addresses in Federal prisons.

Witchster: you must be an initiate into witchcraft. To get in you need to have posted at least one spell of your own creation, with details on the underlying operation principles. First 12,000 invites went to the High Priest/Priestesses of covens registered as nonprofits.

Govster: you must be a politician who is, or recently was, running for any public office in the United States of America. To get in you must have a public web site that contains the slogan "Vote for America! Vote for me!". First 12,000 invites went to the list of people who ran for Governor of California in the latest state election.

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Re:Not the most fortunate name by bgarcia · 2004-01-23 08:18 · Score: 5, Funny

In finnish, the word "orkut" is the plural form of the slang word for orgasm. Gives a completely new meaning for the idea of "Orkut is an online community that connects people through a network of trusted friends."
That explains the huge percentage of Finnish signing up!
Thanks!
- Google Orkut Development Team

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Re:Branching by telstar · 2004-01-23 08:30 · Score: 5, Funny

All they really had to do was invite Kevin Bacon, and we'd be all set....
They should call this WHOogle by G4from128k · 2004-01-23 08:32 · Score: 4, Funny

I'm surprised that Google doesn't create more plays on its own name for various functions. Besides the Froogle shopping site that could have:

Whoogle -- social networks
Oogle -- porn
Doogle -- jobs
Zoogle -- info on animals
Choogle -- food, recipes, and restaurants

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Re:Friendster is so 2003 by ichimunki · 2004-01-23 08:54 · Score: 5, Funny

Never thought I'd say this on Slashdot, but it's "loose" not "lose"!

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