Check the picture out. Now exactly what am I supposed to do with a message like that?! You’d think what with Orkut being commended a wonderful virtual plane for meeting people and reconnecting lost ties and all, they’d have done something to prevent your inbox from being filled with absolute crap. In what state of mind would someone actually think that absolute strangers would post birthday wishes to his “sweetest sweetest frnd”??
But, in all fairness, my primary question is, what exactly was he thinking when he decided to create such a community in the first place?! Sweetest friend indeed!
I used to like orkut at first. It was great for getting in touch with old friends and for meeting fun people. Slowly the irritation at having to delete anonymous friend’s requests built up, inbox being cluttered with spam didn’t do any good either. One look at some messages on my scrapbook will ordinarily convince me to delete my account forever but it has helped me keep in touch with some really old friends so I decided to let it be and silently fume at the ignoramus who figured he’d want to ‘friendship me’ (yuck!).
I’ve determinedly kept orkut only for my friends from school and let only 2 of my friends in college in on my friend’s list. I’d rather have a stranger in my list than people from college all over again. Although on second thought I’d be much better off clearing out the people I don’t know on this list. Add to the frustration the request for ‘testis’ (its not going to kill you to say testimonial) and the war for the highest scrap count and you’ve just been branded an orkut hater.
But, in all fairness, my primary question is, what exactly was he thinking when he decided to create such a community in the first place?! Sweetest friend indeed!
I used to like orkut at first. It was great for getting in touch with old friends and for meeting fun people. Slowly the irritation at having to delete anonymous friend’s requests built up, inbox being cluttered with spam didn’t do any good either. One look at some messages on my scrapbook will ordinarily convince me to delete my account forever but it has helped me keep in touch with some really old friends so I decided to let it be and silently fume at the ignoramus who figured he’d want to ‘friendship me’ (yuck!).
I’ve determinedly kept orkut only for my friends from school and let only 2 of my friends in college in on my friend’s list. I’d rather have a stranger in my list than people from college all over again. Although on second thought I’d be much better off clearing out the people I don’t know on this list. Add to the frustration the request for ‘testis’ (its not going to kill you to say testimonial) and the war for the highest scrap count and you’ve just been branded an orkut hater.
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Looks like you missed these:
http://marcvz.net/blog/2007/06/03/when-you-use-orkut-too-much/
http://marcvz.net/blog/2007/08/29/the-orkut-deletion-spree/
Turn of notification for everything except scraps on Orkut.
Damn it! That guy stole my idea for your birthday present. Someone out there is as cheap as me.
I haven't read each and every one of your posts man.
And Suren, THAT's what you were planning to do?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, think about it, 20000 strangers wishing you happy birthday. What could be better than that?
What could be better than that?? Don't wish me at all. I think that's better.
On the internet?! 20,000 email messages?! No thank you.
Funny thing, this just showed up in RSS as I read your last line. Coincidence? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7002828.stm
You joined a community "MISSED CALL SUCKS". You deserve this spam.
" Hi, I like you very much. Make friendship with me?"
"Hi, you seem like cool girl. Let's be friends."
And many more such gems. I want to fall at the feet of such amazingly "cool" people and learn how to "pick up" the women from them.
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the orkut platform is a gift to spammers letting people spam without having a network :-) .i noticed this around and i have shifted to facebook.it lets me keep and enable only those who add me to actually get to me :) may be u shud try ?
Or simply delete lots of people.
ya orkut scrapbook is littered with spam... its so much that i have stopped checking it.
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