Orkut improves GTalk Integration
Orkut has made couple of improvements in GTalk integration- an attempt to make Orkut less spammy (sometime back, they accepted that they were unable to control spam)
I’m sure many of you (especially you social butterflies with hundreds of orkut friends), are concerned about being bombarded with chat requests every time you go online. Not to worry!
To get you started, we’ve come up with a formula that automatically predicts which of your orkut friends you probably want to chat with, and only tells those people that you’re signed into Google Talk. Our formula takes a bunch of things into consideration, giving preference to people who you’ve labeled as ‘best friends’ or written scraps to recently, and people who have friends in common with you. – blog
Well, it’s time for Orkut to control spam otherwise the product is turning irrelevant.
Watch this video:
Are you still on Orkut? Or moved to Facebook?
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yups still on orkut.. for me orkut rocks.. i dnt really like facebook…
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Facebook is way more spammy… I get lots of invitations and silly messages about joining silly communities or facebook apps that I dont want to add.
Spam on orkut is down to a negligible level. Some spam is inevitable for such a popular site.
Getting random friend requests is considered by many to be flattering. Like it is a signal of how popular you are when a bunch of random people approach you at a party.
The heading of the post and the main points being made seem irrelevant.
Just curious: what’s with the generally negative tone? Criticism is fine, but going overboard affects credibility. lolz
Orkut is damn spammy – right from scrap books to forums! Infact, its one product that has just lost all the damn usefulness for me (as my friends are in facebook too)
Facebook UI is damn clean and good..u
btw – u seem to be from Google!
lolz!
missed it in the last comment
yep we all need to have our “lolz”
i wish…
Sutra is definitely on facebook…it gives us a company profile page as compared to a group on orkut and much more features. Accepted that it might get a little confusing for a new user, but once you are used to it…you realize the bigger picture and get accustomed to the facebook way of life….