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Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

10/26/2005 03:27:12 PM · #1

Anyone a member? What is it exactly.. a chatting place.. like this?.. or what...

Ennil

Nikon D200

10/26/2005 03:50:59 PM · #2

You know I hate to break it to you but we're not psychics *gasps* and maybe too lazy to search for orkut. A link would have been nice.

orkut.com I guess is what you're talking about. You gotta specify cause Orkut's a quite common name in turkish :P

And yeah I have no idea.

Canon EOS-20D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

10/26/2005 03:54:19 PM · #3

According to the work banninator, it's a dating/personals site. :)

10/26/2005 03:55:18 PM · #4

sorry.. yeah i shoulda had a link... i just heard of it today.. but thought maybe it was as common as MSN messenger which i imagine i DON'T Have to explain what that is.
but orkut isn't a messenger type program cause google has 'google talk' so perhaps it is a chatting SITE... or something...
I think scudz is a member.

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

10/26/2005 03:56:51 PM · #5

Originally posted by mk:

According to the work banninator, it's a dating/personals site. :)

aahhh i see.
from that little picture on that page it screams dating/personal site...
i guess nothing intersting for me then ... Happily married (points to self) :)

Canon EOS-20D

10/26/2005 04:04:56 PM · #6

Technically, it's one of those social networking sites, like Friendster or NMySpace or Facebook or...etc. You create a profile (not always for dating) and then link to your friends and connect with your friends' friends through that.

And it's actually called Orkut because it's named after the Turkish guy who created it.

10/26/2005 04:06:13 PM · #7

but then what do you do?
do you email people, chat there, view peoples profiles just? ...

dwterry

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

10/26/2005 04:06:42 PM · #8

It's apparently *very* popular in Brazil (I have brazilian friends who are members of orkut and they tell me it is really popular). I'm probably just too old to 'get it'. I'm a member as well (because of my friends down there) but don't ever use it.

Ennil

Nikon D200

10/26/2005 04:08:16 PM · #9

Originally posted by mk:

And it's actually called Orkut because it's named after the Turkish guy who created it.

That makes incredible sense.

Shhh... but we are slowly and silently taking over the world...

Canon EOS-20D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

10/26/2005 04:08:36 PM · #10

I haven't ever used Orkut (and can't view it at work) but the other sites provide private messaging, bulletin boards,special groups, etc. You basically do in cyberspace what you'd do if you were looking to network with people in real life...meet someone who knows someone who knows someone. You list your interests and link to other people with similar interests or search by location or whatever. Then you leave messages vouching for all your friends so everyone knows how awesome they are.

senoj

Olympus D-500L

10/26/2005 04:15:44 PM · #11

Orkut is a swearing word in Argentina.

gaurawa