Orkut Around The Blogosphere

I was curious as to what others are saying around the blogosphere about Orkut so after a quick search here is what I found:

• Free Smiles: I started my blog with free gmail/orkut invitations. I still get a few requests for them, so I thought I would republish this...



• Kool Solutions: Looking at the huge feedback to this post from my friend fullo [102 commentis and counting ], I've decided to go public and advertize my membership to the Orkut network too. :-P



• Full(o)BloG: oggi mi sono iscritto ad orkut un esperimento di social network che pare interessante.. vedremo..
  
  ciauz
  
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  Translation via Google: today they are enrolled to me to orkut a experiment of social network that it seems interesting. we will see. ciauz



• MikeDawg's Blog: You know, I'm not one to beg for anything normally, and when it comes to computer related stuff, I'm usually in the loop to get things and such.
  
  But there is one thing that I don't have, and have been looking to get, that is an Orkut account, to at least check it out. So here it is, here is my shot at begging, if anyone has a spare Orkut invitation, can I please have it...
  
  Editor's Note: Invite sent.
  



• Solo Technology: A friend sent me an invite to join orkut this week. I glanced at the page, it looked "social'ish" and all so I figured I would give it a shot. After jacking around for 10 minutes or so and getting tired of "Bad server, no donut" type messages, I moved on...
  
  Well, he's persistent, and I got another invite tonight. I'm stubborn too, so stuck with it for 20 minutes or so and finally got myself added and even managed to get him added as a friend.

Most of these bloggers have found a ticket inside Orkut and with the exception of the last one, they all seem to enjoy the service aside from the infamous Donut errors.

But out of all the posts this one by Musings of a Wandering Mind was perhaps my favorite.

A little while after its release most of us were bit by the orkut bug!"how interesting can it ever be when compared with having a real time conversation with a far away friend using a messenger?" i thought...but once bitten.. there is no escape. When you are quite bored and bugged,Orkut can help you with the 'temporary whiling away' of time. [...]

The race is on for the increase in the number of scraps.. i hit my first 4 digit number a few days ago..MAN! am i jobless or wat!For those of u who have no idea what i'm talking about.. jus wait and watch.. it isn't too long before your bitten by the bug!

I wonder if Lakshana is a member of this forum?