Well, we’re negotiating intergenerational ready-to-go-ness issues before we acutally leave, so I wanted to point to danah’s contempt for orkut. I second several of her disappointments (actually, since other people have already seconded them, I suppose I can at most speak in the affirmative, or vote “aye”).
I already mentioned the counterintuitive whuffie system (danah’s point number 2) and the usefulness of having non-friend karma/whuffie designations (danah’s number 3). I wasn’t annoyed by the invitation-only membership process (danah’s number 1), but I suppose that’s because I was invited before I knew what was happening; if I’d found myself on the outside wanting to break in, it would have been very frustrating (I don’t know if I’d call it “elitist,” but then I’ve been around that block several times already).
As for the brokenness (danah’s 6), that’s actually one reason I’ve stayed in. If there’s time before we leave for dinner, I’ll say why — and if not, I’ll edit this after dinner.
Posted by AKMA at January 30, 2004 03:16 PM | TrackBack