Orkut is a finnish colloquial word for "orgasms".
Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
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Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's worse... Once you've signed up through mobile, you can use it from any browser. Makes you wonder why it wants you to sign up on mobile... Wants your phone number? Wants access to you contacts?
A perfectly good explanation is deterring spammers.
Easy enough to fake your user agent. Or is it a native app with extra security / checks?
Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#63> hello is the first social network built on loves, not likes. I'm sorry, but this sounds like a joke to me. Loves instead of likes? Is this the first thing you want to say about your born again social network. > I designed hello to help you connect with people who share your passions. Sound very much like the “Facebook has always been about helping people make connections” mantra. So, I guess it's Facebook with love…
It sounds like Pinterest to me.
Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#64It's strange, in all this anti-socialnetwork craze, I'm craving a social network.
As it stands, I love the concept of a social network. I want a platform that facilitates at arms length socialization, because I'm rarely that in-person social with most of the people I know. A social network fills that need nicely. Yet, with that said, I don't want centralization or obvious control over the information flow and ultimately how we think/interact.
I feel like a scuttlebutt[1]-like solution is the answer, but I think it needs a bit more features. Like editing, web usage from federated platforms, etc.
Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#65Not available for India.
Great.
Leave out the most populous country in the world which has a long history with Orkut.
I love this. (sarcasm)
Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#66So it's a mobile only, teen-centric social trinket that's also not available at all on my country according to the play store.
Fuck that.
Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#67Why is the privacy policy basically hidden away? https://hello.com/policy/privacy/
And who doesn't wrap their text? Is this a joke? Do they really want to make it as unreadable as possible?
Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#68Whilst the founder has credibility in this space, I don't see what the problem is they are solving. There are many communities all across the internet, and also in centralised places like Facebook & reddit. Forums still remain hugely popular for niche community operators. The only way social is going to work and be improved going forward is through decentralisation and taking our data out of the hands of a central re…
The problem it solves is Google+ lol.
troll. Orkut was a big thing before G+ came along; wouldn't be surprised if that one sucked up some of orkut's users, then lost interest and never returned to orkut, going to Facebook instead.
Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#69Orkut is a finnish colloquial word for "orgasms".
and kut is Dutch for cunt.
Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#70One can't exactly understand the need for or the reason for this new product.
Because the alternatives are better? Because we need convergence? Because competition is bad? For what?