Good things about Orkut

Orkut was developed by Orkut Büyükkökten and purchased by Google in 2004 . It  used to be one of the most trendy & happening social networking sites . However , the popularization of Facebook in 2010  & Twitter in  2006 , lead to it's slow and steady demise . Within a few years , it was wiped out as useless by the internet users . 

Orkut is going offline on September 30, 2014 . As of today , when we come across this news in the buzz feed , we can't help remembering a few glowing features of Orkut that made it so special . Some of which are :-

1. Scraps : If you were never a part of Orkut , then you surely have missed out on a lot . The Scrapbook feature allowed your added friends on the site to send you messages in the form of scraps . These could be viewed by anyone until Orkut added a few stringent privacy settings .The more the no. of scraps , the more cooler you were thought to be . 

2.Testimonials - You could write  testimonials . These generally constituted long letters of goodwill from your friends and foes . You could add poems and songs in them too . If you have ever forced a friend to write for you , a testimonial , then you surely have been a true Orkut user . 

3.Crush-List - A very interesting feature of Orkut . You could add a person as your crush . Don't worry , the other person would not be notified unless he/she also adds you to his/her crush list . Looks like Orkut was keen on making matches . 

4.Profile-Views - Yes . You could actually see who viewed your profile . Every time you opened your account , the names of the people were displayed on the home screen . If you could see who viewed your profile , then the others could too :P . No clue whether it worked in favour of the site or not , but it was a feature unique to Orkut .

5.Colored Themes : You can change the color of your profile time & again depending on your mood . Facebook offers us only the blue color & probably ever will . If you didn't know , i'll tell you that Mark Zuckerberg , the accidental billionaire who discovered FB , is color blind . The only color he can see properly is the shade of blue which adorns our FB profiles . So the chances of getting a red , green , orange or silver FB profile are minimal in the future too . If you really want colors , you could have shifted to Orkut , but even that won't be feasible after 30th September , 2014.