Orkut....keep connecting
First there was the telegram, then postal mail, then with the advent of the internet came e-mail, with further technological advances came IM (instant messaging) and now if all that was not enuff.....man made Orkut. U have to be a member of this site to actually believe what its allowing you to do. In the past few months, I've kinda got addicted to it and now, if checking my mail umpteen times a day was not enough, along with that I even get into my orkut account to see how many scraps I've got.
Scrapping has kinda become a cult on this website, with scraps moving around so quickly at times, that the service actually gives u the speed of IM. One of the main differences between the two however, is that on orkut u don't need to set a status and no one else can see whether u r online or not. Another difference, which is actually the essence of orkut according to me, is that u can access the friend lists of other users and read their scraps (believe me this one's a good timepass). Now, since anyone is free to read ur scraps, u must be careful about what you type in there...you don't want some unknown person questioning you about something confidential...i guess, that's why they say its a scrap....something which is of no use to anyone.
However, the former is one of the main features of orkut. By getting access to other people's friend lists, I have found so many of my junior college and school friends on this site...I never even imagined I wud be getting in touch with them...this site has no doubt made the world a smaller place, atleast on the internet. And getting into orkut is pretty simple....all you need is a gmail account. And logging in after that...well, that's the easiest because once u start connecting with some of ur good ol' friends, u'll not even have to make an attempt to type in www.orkut.com.......it will come naturally to you.
Now, I see two ways in which this site can be used in the future :
1. Can be used in the future as a replacement for shaadi.com :)...wot with every user creating a profile for himself/herself and putting in pictures for other users to view.
2. Can be used by some maniacs to bother innocent users like me and you. One thing to avoid this I'd say, is just don't enter too many personal details in there.
Watever be it, I'm not yet aware of any harmful incidents occuring due to orkut and I'm sure that as of now, more and more ppl are saying: 'Thanks for creating orkut'. Its helped me connect with my friends, I hope it keeps on doing so in the future and I hope you too get a similar experience with this site. So, to keep connecting....and be connected with the outside world....visit orkut !!!
Scrapping has kinda become a cult on this website, with scraps moving around so quickly at times, that the service actually gives u the speed of IM. One of the main differences between the two however, is that on orkut u don't need to set a status and no one else can see whether u r online or not. Another difference, which is actually the essence of orkut according to me, is that u can access the friend lists of other users and read their scraps (believe me this one's a good timepass). Now, since anyone is free to read ur scraps, u must be careful about what you type in there...you don't want some unknown person questioning you about something confidential...i guess, that's why they say its a scrap....something which is of no use to anyone.
However, the former is one of the main features of orkut. By getting access to other people's friend lists, I have found so many of my junior college and school friends on this site...I never even imagined I wud be getting in touch with them...this site has no doubt made the world a smaller place, atleast on the internet. And getting into orkut is pretty simple....all you need is a gmail account. And logging in after that...well, that's the easiest because once u start connecting with some of ur good ol' friends, u'll not even have to make an attempt to type in www.orkut.com.......it will come naturally to you.
Now, I see two ways in which this site can be used in the future :
1. Can be used in the future as a replacement for shaadi.com :)...wot with every user creating a profile for himself/herself and putting in pictures for other users to view.
2. Can be used by some maniacs to bother innocent users like me and you. One thing to avoid this I'd say, is just don't enter too many personal details in there.
Watever be it, I'm not yet aware of any harmful incidents occuring due to orkut and I'm sure that as of now, more and more ppl are saying: 'Thanks for creating orkut'. Its helped me connect with my friends, I hope it keeps on doing so in the future and I hope you too get a similar experience with this site. So, to keep connecting....and be connected with the outside world....visit orkut !!!
posted by Akshay at 4:51 PM
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