Just wondering: How did you (supposing Orkut reads this here) get the IP out of Google?
I think you mean the Domain Name. Well, I think he just asked (and maybe bought for a fee)
Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
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#22Mobile only? No thanks.
More tracking metrics for them to consume on mobile, I suppose.
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#23Mobile only? No thanks.
Aye, had the same thought here. I'd've signed up to check it out. I don't own a mobile... Even if I did, I'd not download an app on spec. WebApp gives an opportunity to sell yourself with no additional buy-in.
If they're looking to capitalise on FB's data revelations, asking to download binaries is the wrong way to go about it. You need a no-commitment approach here.
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#24The initial release was in 2016. The post on the home page is from 2017. They are all over the news today... good timing I guess.
Yes! I was doing the math from that "13 years ago..." . Anyway, it sounds like a very short time for something that was created, became a such relevant part of my life and all my friends, then disappeared. If asked from top of mind, I would say it was founded 20 years ago.
Founded in 2004, existed for 10 years. I believe this was the first mass adoption by Brazilians that was noticeable worldwide, right?
I miss communities with names like “Eu abro a geladeira pra pensar” (from Brazilian Portuguese: I open the fridge to think). I haven’t seen any social media allow names and topics like that and present them in the same way that orkut did. Orkut was all about communities in a way that neither facebook or reddit are. They were part of your identity in the network. Those were nice years.
Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#25Is this a Google product, then?
It says he was a google engineer, but I get the impression he left. So this is independent, right?
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#26I tried Hello once it was launched, hopeful that it would be a viable alternative to facebook which would gain traction because of Orkut's name. I really tried to like it, but I gave up because it didn't have a way to find my real life friends back then. I don't know about now. But when I looked at it, it was all about connecting via shared interests, and apparently they didn't want me to search for people by name.
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#27The founder has an amazing history, and the description of Hello is enticing but vague of what differentiates it. None of that matters for me though, because when I attempted to sign up from my laptop I got the message 'Sorry, we're mobile only'. I see no compelling reason to be mobile-only at full launch. Mobile-first for your MVP with early adopters, yes that makes a great deal of sense. But when a company does a f…
It was launched in 2016. I guess it didn’t get much traction at the time to justify further development.
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#28I hate to say this, but it's either a terrible landing page or terrible product I'm seeing here.
I totally admire the effort to bring back Orkut, but I don't see any value proposition that makes me want to try this out other than some philosophical words that anyone can say.
In fact, I have never seen a product introduced in these philosophical ways succeed. The only signal I get from this is that the creator is naive (No offense, I'm sure the creator is insightful as he's the one who created one of the earliest social networks in the world, but just saying that's not what the copy on the website is signaling).
If you believe in "love, not likes", I would like to see HOW you implemented it. Otherwise there are tons of social networks out there each with its own twist in "connecting with people with similar interests".
Maybe there's more to the product than what the website says, and if that's the case, you should show that instead.
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#29What makes it different? Not much info and I'm not going to download an app to see.
Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#30The founder has an amazing history, and the description of Hello is enticing but vague of what differentiates it. None of that matters for me though, because when I attempted to sign up from my laptop I got the message 'Sorry, we're mobile only'. I see no compelling reason to be mobile-only at full launch. Mobile-first for your MVP with early adopters, yes that makes a great deal of sense. But when a company does a f…
Yeah, as someone who carries neither iOS or Android devices, app only social networks won't ever pick me up.