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Google Social Network: Orkut
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?"
okay mabe I would
GO fuck yourself!!
A certificate-based trust metric has already been implemented, in the form of Advogato. You need to be vouched for by existing members, and you gain ranks as more people certify you. Bad nodes can be separated and isolated, protecting the entire network. Orkut may offer some new features, but so far I haven't heard of anything groundbreaking in it's design.
... unnecessary.
Secondly, I don't see the point of all these Friendster-like websites. I manage my friends quite well without my relationships being formalized via the Internet. Seeing how I'm connected to other people doesn't interest me one bit. Maybe I'm weird, but it just seems
>>esr>>
Yeah, but do some looking on this site...
It is written in ASP! The webserver is running IIS! Google's solution to Friendster's bad JSPs is to launch a Microsoft ASP-driven website!?!?
I can't believe that google would put their name on some IIS P.O.S. like this. The respect I had for google just got taken down a notch...
Is this an early April Fool's post?
by the looks of the whities on the splash page.
News flash, to the muslim Turks reading this, it is like this in the Western World too! I know how hard it is for muslims to grasp alot of Western ideas, so I thought I would inform you.
You do not go around in Europe, the United States, etc. and call people by their last names either. I do not know why you are bringing up this fact that Turks usually go by their first time.