[gir-l] (Fwd) Google Gets Social and then...

[Uwe Matzat]

Fuer alle, die sich mit der Analyse sozialer Netzwerke 
beschaeftigen...

Viele Gruesse,
Uwe
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An article on Google's attempt [orkut.com] to join the social
networking stampede...

-- http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114428,00.asp

The last sentence in the article is real telling:   "Orkut would spend
weeks coding just to gain new friends. How cool is that?"

But the *real story* is here... * this past weekend people went nuts 
on orkut.com, massive sign-ups and sending out of invitations to 
friends[Orkut is invite-only]... * people were begging for invites -- 
posting pleas on discussion lists and newsgroups * email boxes of 
many people were full of Orkut invites [join me on Orkut] and 
responses [requests-can I be your friend? and approvals-yes I know 
this person as a friend]. * just like any spiraling activity this started 
slow on Friday but by Sunday was at a feverish pitch.  

Google took the site down on Sunday night.  And it is still 
down[Tue PM EST]... they say they are doing 'maintenance' and 
'updates'. * the 72 hour internet bubble?  

Imagine what the Google IPO will be like...

Valdis

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