The Orkut mania

It sent shock waves to all those fresh grads from college in my company. For some, it felt like some one snapped their very life thread. For many, the justification of existence made nullified. "Oh my God !, if that is not available, then what I am going do here... dig dung cakes or what? !!" said one fellow (that guy is in free pool!). My friend is about make a friendship (may be something else) with a girl through Orkut. He was so surprised and overwhelmed that a girl is scrapping him ("replying" him in orkut lingo) for the first time in his life. When he is about to make finishing touches to mark their friendship/"some"-ship, the page came crashing informing him that the www.orkut.com is blocked by my company's proxy servers. He was in a deep shock. A shrill of current passed through his whole body. He was like "What the heck? Why only me? Every time. Time and again it is happening. A friend. Just a friend I asked. Why God?? Why??? What wrong did I do. One lady friend..... and then it may develop to.......". Cursed himself. The whole day he looked like a person whose soul has been looted. Poor fellow. Never mind, he did his finishing touches somewhere else. There were series of outcries to find external proxies and by pass through company's proxies. Few people found them. In hours they are also blocked.

Into serious thoughts, I think there can be different opinions about how good Orkut can be best used for. There can be unending arguments how best the Orkut can be used as a social networking tool. I am not extensive user of it. But I still feel, if it were introduced as social networking tool, it should remain so. But, in my opinion, it is becoming more like just another place where people hang around and discuss silly things, join insane communities. Of Course there are good things you can do with it. But there are things you cant or not advicable to do in public space. For example, recently I came to know there were writings (scraps) on love proposals between two fellas. Committing personal relationship in full glare of public! Is this mean of exhibitionism? or you call something else? Personal things gone to winds in this social networking place.