Alright,it's official. Facebook killed Orkut; the same way Orkut killed yahoogroups (and the like) and chain-emails, and probably the same way some Twitter-shwitter will Facebook some day. I'm not going to dig my nose into the technology-of-tomorrow blah-blah. I'm just being a bit nostalgic. And, of course,as they do in all obituaries, paying my tributes to Orkut.
1. The name - Clearly the name Facebook is more Firangish than Orkut. For no reason, we could sniff a desiness in it. And dint we love it affectionately christening Orkut-chirkut.
2. Now be honest for a second. Wasn't Orkut the first to make you realize, or at least imagine, that the cool pic of yours in the Mr-Neo-Anderson shades/on your friend's new bike had the potential to make that hot chick in your friend's friend's friend's list get the hots for you?And well..may be she has a hotter friend in her list.
3. Profile Visitor - There was something about this Visitor section that kept people so intriguesd about it. Din't matter if that 'curious visitor', that potential secret admirer, that seemingly outgoing hottie with really interesting interests, open-to-all photo albums and scrapbook filled with 'Do I know you' scraps was actually the guy in the cubicle next to you, it felt good.
4. Testimonials - This one takes the cake; deserves to be mentioned in the headstone. Of course,most dumbFs thought it was a place to post forwarded jokes or what F.R.I.E.N.D stands for etc etc. The more creative of this species filled this up with their artwork involving *,-,_,# and all other keys on keyboard to mean absolutely nothing.
5. Scrapbook - Some genius of a person who named this SCRAPbook had the insights of Nostredamus, the way he precisely predicted how COOL guys will use this. It ended up being the dumping ground of tasteless jokes and awfully coloured greeting cards. Facebook's wall's headed that way too.
6. Orkut's well-kept and at the same time not-so-hidden secret. "The most recent of your friends logging-in will appear in your Friends list on the right-hand side". Din't you, for some time at least, think that the only person who knew this, apart from you and the person who told you this, was the programmer who coded this? And of course, one more, the only one person you considered eligible enough and shared this gyaan with. Yes, you are being watched buddy.
7. No one taught me how to Orkut(yes it can be used as a verb too), but some veteran had to explain me the concept of Wall. It might very well be that by the time Facebook ventured, I was too old a monkey to learn new tricks, but hey there's something called user-friendly and something entirely differnt called so-popular-everyone-knows.
You will be missed Orkut.
Ironically enough, I'm going to post the link to this blog over on Facebook.
P.S - Video Killed the Radio Star" is a 1979 song by the British group The Buggles.
1. The name - Clearly the name Facebook is more Firangish than Orkut. For no reason, we could sniff a desiness in it. And dint we love it affectionately christening Orkut-chirkut.
2. Now be honest for a second. Wasn't Orkut the first to make you realize, or at least imagine, that the cool pic of yours in the Mr-Neo-Anderson shades/on your friend's new bike had the potential to make that hot chick in your friend's friend's friend's list get the hots for you?And well..may be she has a hotter friend in her list.
3. Profile Visitor - There was something about this Visitor section that kept people so intriguesd about it. Din't matter if that 'curious visitor', that potential secret admirer, that seemingly outgoing hottie with really interesting interests, open-to-all photo albums and scrapbook filled with 'Do I know you' scraps was actually the guy in the cubicle next to you, it felt good.
4. Testimonials - This one takes the cake; deserves to be mentioned in the headstone. Of course,most dumbFs thought it was a place to post forwarded jokes or what F.R.I.E.N.D stands for etc etc. The more creative of this species filled this up with their artwork involving *,-,_,# and all other keys on keyboard to mean absolutely nothing.
5. Scrapbook - Some genius of a person who named this SCRAPbook had the insights of Nostredamus, the way he precisely predicted how COOL guys will use this. It ended up being the dumping ground of tasteless jokes and awfully coloured greeting cards. Facebook's wall's headed that way too.
6. Orkut's well-kept and at the same time not-so-hidden secret. "The most recent of your friends logging-in will appear in your Friends list on the right-hand side". Din't you, for some time at least, think that the only person who knew this, apart from you and the person who told you this, was the programmer who coded this? And of course, one more, the only one person you considered eligible enough and shared this gyaan with. Yes, you are being watched buddy.
7. No one taught me how to Orkut(yes it can be used as a verb too), but some veteran had to explain me the concept of Wall. It might very well be that by the time Facebook ventured, I was too old a monkey to learn new tricks, but hey there's something called user-friendly and something entirely differnt called so-popular-everyone-knows.
You will be missed Orkut.
Ironically enough, I'm going to post the link to this blog over on Facebook.
P.S - Video Killed the Radio Star" is a 1979 song by the British group The Buggles.
4 comments:
Thats true orkut did worked as ur observations, we humans get bored with same thing when used over prologed period of time. 2mrw some new site will change the face of social networking, it can't be denied.
neatly written, truly nostalgic. Thoroughly enjoyed mate :)
u have put down my "feelings" for Orkut!
One of the most funniest posts I have read in the recent past :)
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