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Re: Hello from Orkut

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Post by f2net »

rburhum wrote: post #69

First, let me say something I would not have said a few years ago... a new social network to meet people interested in the other things I do... awesome! I get why there is not a web version at first. Unlike most people, I dont see that as a deal breaker. I downloaded the app and tried it out. The good: I like the idea of limiting yourself to five personas. It made me sit down and think what I wanted out of this. See,…

You may like www.tagschat.com too: it is the same concept, but web based. We are releasing the new version (exiting beta) in a few days: stay tuned! Meanwhile, you can subscribe and look around :)

Re: Hello from Orkut

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Post by orbitur »

netsharc wrote: post #40
prajjwal wrote: post #13

Orkut was our go-to social network as teens, before we all moved to Facebook in 2009. I'm was going to join this out of sheer nostalgia, but it appears to be lacking a web app. I'm curious as to why they went with ONLY native Android / iOS apps. That will not only drive away people like me, who prefer to use things from a desktop web browser, but also people in developing countries who might not have access to a smar…

Mobile app means access (due to broken permission systems) to a user's contact, location, mic and camera. Also, captive web browser (user clicks a web link and that web page gets shown inside the app, instead of on the phone's own browser) means the app can track what sites you visit and for how long ("Dear buzzfeed.com, would you like to buy our stats for visits to your website?").

"broken permission systems" is just Android. iOS could offer more fine-grained options, but it's solid.

Re: Hello from Orkut

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Post by avckp »

swenn wrote: post #89
vowelless wrote: post #71

I must say, I loled at this: > hello is the first social network built on loves, not likes. I know that the intention is great; it's just that I automatically pictured this as a scene in "Silicon Valley" (the TV show).

Totally. It reminds me of the hooli web page: http://hooli.com

What is hooli?

Re: Hello from Orkut

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Post by stevekemp »

eknkc wrote: post #41
timje1 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait, so the guy's name means orgasms? Oh dear oh dear. This must cause problems for Turkish men in Finland. Kind of like the unfortunate Indian family name Dikshit.

My last name is koc (turkish..) and it's funny to observe english speaking people trying not to spell it like "cock".

In Edinburgh there is "Cockburn Street", which is pronounced "Co-burn":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockburn_Street,_Edinburgh

(Also the Cockburn Association.)

Re: Hello from Orkut

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Post by f2net »

chillingeffect wrote: post #120

I figured I would try it even though there's no web app... It might be nice to get in on the ground floor... but there's no desktop app, either. I don't live in my phone. I live at my desktop/laptop. On vacation, I've spent long periods on my phone without a desktop/laptop and the power of the user interface is not sufficient for me. Steve Jobs said we should all use phones instead of desktops, because we all drive c…

If you are a "truck diver" you may like TagsChat: same concept, web based. The UX and colours are being replaced in a few days by a new version, exiting beta. You may try it and give me your opinion! Thank you, Matteo (TagsChat founder)

Re: Hello from Orkut

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Post by iplaw »

Wow, this has to be the worst social network I have ever made the mistake of joining. And I joined Google+. The UI is sloppy. The navigation is atrocious. The personas are needlessly complex. The cartoon "Archer" character is childish. It's a mutant spawn of Facebook and Instagram.

I see no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

Re: Hello from Orkut

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Post by dominotw »

mikkom wrote: post #3

> We even got married and had kids because of orkut. This has a totally different meaning in finnish as orkut means "orgasms" in casual speak.

well you do need to have orgasms to have kids.

Re: Hello from Orkut

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Post by overcast »

TheAceOfHearts wrote: post #23

I'm echoing what others are saying: no web version means I won't bother at all. My phone has access to multiple great browsers. Building a good lightweight web app means I can access the content from anywhere without having to deal with annoyances of push notifications or (as much) creepy tracking. My favorite example of a mobile web app is currently Twitter Mobile [0]. I even like using it from my desktop. It's very…

I've had this sentiment for a couple years now. I'm so sick of having to download an app for everything. I want a slick web version that isn't half-assed, and is responsive to all devices. This is my number one priority building any new application.

Re: Hello from Orkut

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Post by throwanem »

avckp wrote: post #123
swenn wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Totally. It reminds me of the hooli web page: http://hooli.com

What is hooli?

Silicon Valley's theoretical-lawsuit-friendly version of Google.

It's interesting to me that a lot of shows do this, and I'm not sure why. Silicon Valley has Hooli. Veep has Clovis. Person of Interest had "Fetch and Retrieve", which honestly guys are you even trying. None of these shows seems to shy away from portraying other large tech companies, and it's trivially obvious even to someone nowhere near the industry what these ciphers are supposed to represent. I don't know of a case where anyone has actually gotten sued over depicting an actual company. So I'm not sure whether these "not really Google but yeah totally Google" companies are meant to defend against that threat, or exist for some other reason of which I'm not aware.

Re: Hello from Orkut

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Post by afsina »

cm3 wrote: post #107

If you click on the turkish version of the announcement, "gay" is replaced with "different" (in Turkish of course). Do people in Turkey say "farkli" (different) when they mean "gay"? Checked and all other translations actually say gay or homosexual. https://web.archive.org/web/20160708083122/http://orkut.com/...

I think in some contexts using word "farklı" (different) may imply the meaning. However, in the Turkish version of the article this is not the case.

Most proper word for "gay" in Turkish is "eşcinsel". He should have used it. "gay" is also used as a loan word in informal speech.

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