Orkut – Love it , Hate it.. or even better Ignore it

This is my view of things that i have been observing about orkut in the past few weeks There are hardly anyone reading this who is not aware of Orkut. For those who don’t know.. Orkut is popular networking site..where you sign up using your Google accout and start connecting with your Friends and their Friends and their Friends online. Its more-or-less a web within the world wide web . Of late.. lot of things are being said and written about Orkut in orkut scraps and in blogospere. Serious accusation’s are made against orkut for promoting biased political – social views. For more information regarding this which is in circulation in the Internet.. take your peek here

My personal experience with Orkut:-

I signed up for Orkut when my friend ,couldn’t stop talking about the possibilities of finding long lost friends. So just to satisfy her.. I just joined in. And for me.. that was the end of Orkut. during the initial days.. i too searched around for my classmates and long lost 3 – 4 th cousins. After a couple of weeks , the novelty wore off…and.. Orkutting did not interest me anymore.. But every now and then I used to get scraps that said ” I want to be your friend”…I hate this kind of scrap…Its like tapping an absolute stranger on a busy street and saying “Please register me as your friend “….So i just delete those scrap and don’t bother to reply them…And that’s the end of Orkut for me

Now the scrapbook just rests there…When i get some genuine scraps..I do reply and maintain contact..Not otherwise.

Is Orkutting a sin ?
Def of Orkutting (verb) :- Logging into Orkut for almost 4-5 hrs a day / 4 days a week and spend time writing scraps to your friends – friends of friends -friends of friends of friends

Well.. those who can afford to spend this kind of time in Orkut must be the ones with lot of time at their disposal and very little idea on how to use this time. So For those who believe.. wasting time is a criminal offence.. the orkutting is a Sin

To Orkut or Not

Primarily we must realize that this is a social networking site. And all are entitled to their opinions and the way in which they present their ideas. So when some one pats in your back ( in orkut) someone else might even slap you on your face ( or rather scrap book).. for the things you have said / written. After all we all must face the consequences of our words.. good and bad.

Just as a coin that has two sides, every social networking site also has the two types of users.. those who just move around for fun and stuff… and not causing any serious damage to the psyche of others and.. the other type..who have made their life’s ambition to unleash all the ill feelings they have in the most dis respectable manner on a public platform..with the sole intention of leaving displeasure in the minds of those reading it.

Now.. its up to us ( Orkut users) to decide which side of the party we want to join.Being respectable and educated citizens ( Orkutters may be uncivilized.. but don’t tell me they may not be educated).. its purely our choice on how we conduct ourselves… and how much personal information you are willing to disclose in orkut ( for all the eyes to see)

So.. What’s the issue with Orkutting

there have been reports that some Orkutters are having problems with obscene messages in their orkut and getting calls form unsolicited numbers at odd times.. Publishing biased political messages – porn links written into scrap books.. and things like that. So there is a rage among a certain sector of people ( mostly politically motivated) who are demanding that Orkut be banned completely.. thereby shutting off these kind of activities..

Love it…. Hate it .. even better Ignore it

Come On people.. get real… will such a ban really serve its purpose.. As far as I can tell.. Orkutters who are (had been) facing these kind of problems personally have resolved to solve these problems in one / some of the following manner

• Removing their Tel numbers and postal address from Profile
• Avoid giving personal detailes to “net-pals”
• Removing themselves from the community which they suspect with unacceptable behaviors
• Refusing to reply to suspicious scraps
• Get a new Orkut account and share among “personally-known-frinds” only
• Not join evey community that comes your way
• Ignoring unfamiliar friends request
• Ignore the tempation to scrap every time you login to Orkut