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Re:Brazil court blocks Facebook funds over WhatsApp dispute by skuzye on Friday July 01, 2016 @10:55AM (#12016507)
Orkut is a non-factor in Brazil currently and has been for years now.

Facebook and whatsapp is used by basically everyone who has internet access [1][2]

Edit: Of course number of users does not imply in revenue, but the Facebook office in Brazil is also a gateway to other Latin American countries. So I would argue that the country might not be as unimportant as you seem to imply.

[1]http://www.statista.com/statistics/268136/top-15-countries-b...

[2]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/05/03/whatsapp-sh...

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Re:Brazil court blocks Facebook funds over WhatsApp dispute by schoen on Friday July 01, 2016 @12:11PM (#12017323)
Apart from (and maybe due to) its declining popularity in Brazil, Orkut was ultimately shut down by Google:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkut

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Re:Brazil court blocks Facebook funds over WhatsApp dispute by bubbleRefuge on Saturday July 02, 2016 @02:19AM (#12021603)
I second this . Was visiting Brazil for the new year and was kind of astonished to see whatsApp logos on store fronts along with store phone number.
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