Is Orkut for Social Networking?

I was sitting with a pal a few days back and he mentioned something that suddenly struck me as a surprise but is a stark reality.

He asked me if I made any new friends through Orkut so far? The answer was a No! Since then I have been asking the same question to almost everyone I have been meeting.

Almost everyone has said NO. And for the exceptional Yes, the answer is that the level of interaction with the new friend is as good as zero.

People are connecting with their current & past colleagues, friends, family, relatives. Whatever communities they join are for the sake of joining. Its not actually a social network where your friends list grows through contacts of others. You end up contacting your own contacts. More of re-connecting with lost friends!

So is social networking a right classification for Orkut? I doubt.