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Orkut is rolling out a new feature which allows you to set your status message. It’s pretty similar to the one which is implemented in Facebook, but Orkut allows emoticons (smiles) to be added in your status message.
Surprisingly, status updates don’t show up in your updates, just like how they do in Facebook. This means, when you update your status, it wouldn’t be published in your friend’s updates. That makes it a little pointless to have another status update, since Orkut already uses our Google Talk status message. I find it a little odd to have two status updates in a single profile page.
I come across so many people on Orkut, who use last name to shout their status. Hopefully, those people will adapt to the new status update feature. It would have been awesome, if Google provided some basic integration with Twitter. I seriously hate updating my status on more than one service.
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wrote, on May 5th, 2008
I rarely use orkut anymore now. Facebook is much better. Although I tend to not spend too much time on either of these sites.
wrote, on May 5th, 2008
Is Orkut actually any fun? I always wanted to have a look but never really wanted to waste my time signing up and stuff. Especially after wasting tons of time on facebook.
wrote, on May 5th, 2008
[...] as Thilak suggested that it’ll be cool if Orkut could integrate twitter with it and it will also be cool if at [...]
wrote, on May 5th, 2008
Everybody loves emoticons! So may updates going on though I can’t keep track!
wrote, on May 6th, 2008
Orkut seems to have valuable market share in parts of the globe where facebook, on the other hand, has a relatively low penetration. It is interesting to note the similarities in features as there seems to be a bit of cross-copying going on. Mxit is an awesome South African mobile service, which could be interesting if hooked up with Orkut.l
wrote, on May 7th, 2008
I have quit using Orkut because of the amount of spam it has. No community forum is free form spam. On the other hand, the spam rate in Facebook is very less than Orkut’s.