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January 28, 2004
I Hope They Get A Refund
Posted by Stowe Boyd
Stefanie Olsen reported Orkut's rise and fall, and how hot the service had become:
"As an illustration of the exclusivity of Orkut, an invitation to join the network was sold off for $11 on eBay's auction site this week."
I alerted Stefanie to the service being turned off, so she nicely lifted some of my tamer observations about the turn of events:
"Stowe Boyd, an Orkut member and a technology consultant, suggested that the service had attracted too many people at once, overloading its capacity. "They had like 3 million page hits, so it may be that they just need to revamp the physical infrastructure," Boyd said.
Many people have put forward suggestions for changes to the network, "so I'm sure they are rethinking design," he added. Orkut offers a messaging system, among other features."
Which messaging system had led to mindless email broadcasts to the entire community, so I am sure that will be fixed before relaunch.
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