DISQUS

Anonymous · 5 months ago

Hello
Interesting topic:)I do agree with the fact that orkut is much better than facebook but not necessarily because of the reasons that you pointed out. I use both orkut and facebook. I have been using orkut for the past three years and facebook maybe the past 6-8 months. Although it took me months to figure out how to use each application in facebook, I think now I am pretty much aware of most of the stuff. So even at this stage I wonder why people like facebook sooo much when I personally found orkut more user friendly. So here are some reasons that I found...Its true that facebook had more privacy settings than orkut. I would definitely want all my scrapbook and my personal photos to be seen only by my friends. My orkut account had been hacked once and luckily I figured it out soon and solved it. Many of my friends have been faced with the same problem. So to avoid such problems and to keep your personal matters private, it is always good to have those privacy settings. Orkut did not have those privacy settings whereas facebook had it right from the beginning. I think this attracted many orkut users to facebook especially after the hacking incident. But what I have analysed is that, now that orkut incorporated those privacy settings, it is much better than facebook even in terms of privacy. A perfect example would be commenting on your photos. If A puts a comment on B's photos, it immediately comes in A's friend say C's page and C will be able to see all the snaps of B. Howz that defined as privacy!!!The default privacy setting in facebook only prevents access to someone's wall but changing those privacy settings infact any privacy change is sooo difficult in facebook. I have still not figured out how to stop our friend's friend from seeing our snaps..(other than not allowing any comments on my photos) I guess the entire hardcore privacy setting is only "before" you join facebook. Once you join, orkut gives more privacy than facebook. And why I disagree with you is , if Indians didnt want privacy, then most of the profile as seen today would'nt have been blocked. n the hackers wouldnt have come up with a message "Unblock any blocked albums" !!:)I think what attracts users to facebook is its applications like the quizzes, event organizer etc. I am sure if orkut had some of these applications and a better privacy settings right from the beginning more users would have been attracted to orkut than facebook. Also the fact that orkut is still banned in most of the middle easten countiries got facebook an undeserved and unexpected acclaim ;))I guess this is not an analysis of the Stanford guy's speech but just a general evaluation of the two social networking sites :))
Good day!!
Diya

Pranay Manocha · 5 months ago

Brilliant. Thank you Diya for your insightful comment and for pointing out the differences in the privacy implementations at both Facebook and Orkut.

I'm still curious though as to why Facebook hired such a muppet for their International Manager role ;-)