Quite a few strangers have either emailed me, or left comments on my blog to try to get Orkut invites. For those who I do not personally know, sorry mate, you won’t get a chance. Orkut is Google’s social network where friends’ friends can get connected, but I don’t social well with complete strangers. However, if you are really desperate looking for Orkut invites, here are some tips.
- Go and bother with other Orkut users! Go to Feedster (the blog search engine I usually use) and search for “orkut”, you will probably find plenty of bloggers talking on this subject. Maybe one of them will be generous…
- Try eBay, because there are always people there willing to make friends with you! At a price of course :) If you search for “orkut” there, there are people willing to invite you for merely $0.99!
- There are also free Orkut invites there, posted everywhere on the Internet by “friend-loving” individuals. Google would be your friend to find these friends.
- Or maybe try to be my friend first so that when you ask I would be able to invite :)
On a related note, I have created a FOCUS community on Orkut so people can join. I know the ESF people have a big community on Friendster, except that Friendster does not really have a concept of “community”.
Updated 25 Apr 2005: Here is another suggestion in getting the Orkut invites: 360invites.com. You can ask for Orbut, Yahoo 360 or Gmail invites there.
i need a gmail a/c.
Thanks
oh? i thought google offer that.. and for existing blogger user only.. can scotty give you gmail??
Gmail and Orkut are both under Google, except Orkut is not as official, but definitely part of Google’s strategy. Both of them require invitation to join. Well, Gmail due to its beta testing, but Orkut due to its social networking nature.
As for giving out invitations, one I have no ability to (Gmail), and one I am unwilling to give to strangers (Orkut).
And Orkut seems to be down at the moment. DNS does not resolve.