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Orkut founder plans to revive the forgotten social network

Original: Remember Orkut? Its founder wants to bring it back https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/09/remember-orkut-its-founder-wants-to

Orkut Büyükkökten, creator of the once-hugely popular social network Orkut, says he wants to bring the platform back. Orkut was shut down by Google in 2014 after being overtaken by Facebook, but it remains fondly remembered, especially in Brazil and India. News of a possible revival is drawing nostalgia and curiosity from former users wondering whether an old-school social network could find a place today.

Why now: Nostalgia for early-2000s social media plus surprise that a long-dead platform might return

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• Remember Orkut? Its founder wants to bring it back https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/09/remember-orkut-its-founder-wants-to-bring-it-back/ # SocialMedia # Startup # Nostalgia · techcrunch@robot.villas · 3

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