Well, move over Friendster, LinkedIn, Tribe, Ryze and ecademy, there’s a NEW newcomer to the new social networking craze: Orkut. I swear that was a province of the Former Soviet Union, but now its the newest kid on the social networking block. And this kid has an older brother you’ve probably heard of - Google.
Anyway, having eagerly signed up to pretty much every such site on the internet, including Orkut, I can say that I’m really not sure I can keep them apart. Apart from dumb extra features and differing interfaces, there’s not much to holler about. Orkut may be the most entertaining of the bunch. You can rate your friends. That’s fun, but you’re restricted to searching people by interest or location, not company.
Apart from the chic novelty of an invitation-only site, I don’t see much new in Orkut. Of the dizzying blur of sites, the only one that has done me any good is LinkedIn. You can’t beat the caliber of people you find on LinkedIn.
If you’re lost and looking for a friend on any of the above networks, look me up. If you’re looking for an invitation to Orkut, try me at brian at macmerc dot com.
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