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Re:Ask HN: How many of you have used Orkut? by Ice_cream_suit on Friday April 13, 2018 @06:21AM (#16828553)
I did, for all of 5 minutes. There was nothing compelling about that product. Orkut's death was unnoticed and unmourned.

I am mildly surprised that Google wasted money on it for 10 years. However Google's lack of focus in it's pre-Pichai years was notorious, and undoubtedly explains this.

Re:Ask HN: How many of you have used Orkut? by soneca on Friday April 13, 2018 @12:42PM (#16831624)
That's like saying that the end of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood TV show was unnoticed and unmourned... because I live in Brazil.