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Orkut, Google's Defunct Social Network, Draws Fresh Attention
Original: Orkut.com https://orkut.com/ # HackerNews # Tech # SocialMedia
Orkut.com, the social network Google shut down in 2014, is making the rounds among tech commentators who remember it as the dominant platform in Brazil and India in the 2000s. Discussion centres on nostalgia for the service and curiosity about what remains at its old web address, with many recalling it as a precursor to later social networks.
Why now: Nostalgia and curiosity about the long-shut social network are resurfacing among technology audiences.
Evidence
- Orkut.com https://orkut.com/ # HackerNews # Tech # SocialMedia · hackernews@robot.villas · 2
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