FACEBOOK SESSION EXPIRED SEPTEMBER 2018 ARCHIVE

Users could also change their interface from a wide range of colorful themes in the library. Similar to Facebook, users could also use a 'like' button to share interests with friends. There was at one point an option to integrate GTalk with Orkut, enabling chat and file sharing. The site Ning was a more direct competitor, as it allowed for the creation of social networks similar to Orkut's 'communities'.Īn Orkut user was also able to add videos to their profile from either YouTube or Google Video with the additional option of creating either restricted or unrestricted polls for polling a community of users. Orkut's competitors were other social networking sites including Myspace and Facebook. When a user logged in, they saw the people in their friends list in the order of their login to the site, the first person being the latest one to do so. Another feature was that any member can add any other member on Orkut to his/her 'Crush List'. Each member was also able to customize their profile preferences and restrict information that appears on their profile from their friends and/or others. Unlike Facebook, where one can only view profile details of people in their network, Orkut initially allowed anyone to visit everyone's profile, unless a potential visitor was on a person's 'Ignore List' (this feature was eventually changed so that users could choose between showing their profile to all networks or specified ones). Initially, each member could become a fan of any of the friends in their list and also evaluate whether their friend is 'Trustworthy', 'Cool', 'Sexy' on a scale of 1 to 3 (marked by icons), which was aggregated as a percentage.

Orkut's features and interface changed significantly with time. In April 2022, the website was reactivated.

FACEBOOK SESSION EXPIRED SEPTEMBER 2018 ARCHIVE

Users could download their profile archive by Google Takeout. No new accounts could be created starting from July 2014. On June 30, 2014, Google announced it would be closing Orkut on September 30, 2014. This was decided due to the large Brazilian user base and growth of legal issues. In 2008, Google announced that Orkut would be fully managed and operated in Brazil, by Google Brazil, in the city of Belo Horizonte. Orkut was one of the most visited websites in India and Brazil in 2008. The website was named after its creator, Google employee Orkut Büyükkökten. The service was designed to help users meet new and old friends and maintain existing relationships. Orkut was a social networking service owned and operated by Google.

Facebook session expired september 2018