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.
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depends on how you define social networking. Aren't networks systems by which you could get in touch with people you know/ or know of? I think orkut is useful but used more for nosing around than anything else..places like facebook seem to have sorted that out..if you want to work and network professionally..i like linked in..it just depends on what you want I guess.
Orkut gives you an easy access to people you dont know. I doubt u'd want to call all those people u chat with "friends". But of course, if u find someone good enough, you could take the conversation forward and actually become a friend. Depends on you really. People persistent enough end up making friends, orkut or not!
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