I had started my Social media journey by Orkut in 2010 but
Google announced that Orkut will be closing on 30 September 2014. Orkut was a
place where we can meet old and new friends, relatives, colleagues etc.. It was lucky for me because I met my
Girlfriend from Orkut. Hahaha... :) Now we apart from last 2 years but Orkut had always been
a great place for building relationships.
Unfortunately, On 30 June 2014, Google announced that Orkut
will be no longer available after 30 September 2014. Do you know Orkut was most
visited website in Brazil and India in year 2008. It was fully managed by in
Brazil by Google Brazil. Google decided to manage Orkut by Google Brazil
because of large number of Brazilian user.
Why Google Announced To Close Its First Social Network
Orkut will be no longer available after 30 September 2014 because of two legal reasons:
In India, It was the year 2006 when Bombay high court served
a notice to Google for allowing a community to run hate campaign against India.
The community was named as “We hate India” and it was removed due to the mass protest by Indian users.
In Brazil, It was the same year when a federal judge of
Brazil ordered Google to release the list of about twenty four Brazilian
nationals, believed to using Orkut to sell drugs and also involved in child pornography.
Court ordered Google to pay 23,000$ per day in fine until they submit all the necessary
information asked by authorities. Google announced later that information will
not be release because all the information are saved in US Google Servers, not
in Google Brazil server. Google further stated that because information is not
saved in Brazil, therefore it’s not subject to Brazilian Laws.
Google announced that user can export their photos until 30
September 2014 and profile, scarps & community posts can be exported until September
2016.
We think that Google+ is much better place than Orkut
because of its advance features. But we would love to know what you think about
final closer of Orkut. Comment below and say your views.
Thanks!
