Comments on: Did Facebook Just Move to Kill Off Orkut?

By: Vedo

Vedo — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 01:50:24 +0000

I am on both Facebook and Orkut but will soon close my Orkut account. All my friends are moving to Facebook, so why to keep Orkut account ? This is the irony of social media websites, if one moves then he will get all his friends with him. But death of Orkut will put pressure on Facebook, people will expect more from Facebook and if it doesn’t succeed then, users will have to make one more move.

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Myspace Cries Uncle, Hands Lunch Money to Facebook: Tech News « — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:59:51 +0000

[...] More than anything else, it feels a lot like the profile and content-importing deal that Facebook struck with Orkut recently, which also sounded like a great way to suck even more life out of a smaller competitor. And the [...]

By: Facebook courts Orkut and Hyve users

Facebook courts Orkut and Hyve users — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:53:00 +0000

[...] their friends on Orkut but giving Facebook the bulk of their time and attention. As Ryan Kim at GigaOm puts it, “it’s basically an invitation to jump [...]

By: Facebook Users in Brazil and India Can Syndicate Their Profiles to Orkut

Facebook Users in Brazil and India Can Syndicate Their Profiles to Orkut — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:37:40 +0000

[...] Some believe the product is a direct attempt to steal users from Google’s social network. However, Orkut offers some unique features such as profile themes and file transfers, so Facebook could also be trying to make it easier to use both simultaneously. Either way, it seems that Google is more focused on readying its upcoming social product, which is aimed at users in the US and everywhere else in the world, not just Orkut’s home countries. [...]

By: Johan

Johan — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:10:27 +0000

The same option is being offered to users of the Dutch social network Hyves. In The Netherlands Hyves is still more popular than Facebook. A situation similar to Orkut in Brazil.

http://www.facebook.com/feed/export/hyves/

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Top Posts — WordPress.com — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:19:26 +0000

[...] Did Facebook Just Move to Kill Off Orkut? UPDATED: This past summer, Facebook moved past Orkut in India and now it appears poised to kill off the last bit of [...] [...]

By: Facebook / Orkut Rumormongering « The Fake Sarah Lacy

Facebook / Orkut Rumormongering « The Fake Sarah Lacy — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:12:54 +0000

[...] There. No need to be all reportery-like and offer data like the folks at gigaom: http://gigaom.com/2010/10/22/did-facebook-just-move-to-kill-off-orkut/ [...]

By: Game One

Game One — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 06:56:19 +0000

There are users like me who are on both and I don’t see myself moving away from Orkut anytime soon..Good try Facebook, you will never win.

By: bob

bob — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 02:30:06 +0000

Note to google. Orkut? Really? Thats the name of a hot social networking service? Work on that next time.

Also, pink? Really?, Pink. You think Im going to spend time on a pink website? That was your go-to color?

You guys are morons.