Orkut - not a safe place :(

I have been noticing for quite some time now how unsafe a place orkut is. Though I have been fascinated by it in the beginning for finding my old friends, the charm is no more. The idea of knowing every thing about you on a single click is unwanted.


The sensation created by news papers/orkut about the murder of Koushambi Layek by her boy friend Manish Takur says it all. Though Orkut has nothing to do with the murder, there have been communities created saying that the guy and girl met on orkut blah blah blah, while the truth is... the boy who has a profile in orkut murdered a girl who also has a profile in orkut. well.. the orkut communities, some news papers, blogs started off with bright headlines 'Murder on orkut' to suit the fancy of the readers. All the news channels are digging her profile and are writing in bold her scraps, her testimonials. Don't you think they are called some thing like 'personal'? well as somebody in the message board said when orkut allows it, what's wrong in doing it... ya convincing enough... they are not hacking to see your messages...
The funniest part of all this is orkut users themselves creating communities saying orkut is not a safe place and guess what you find thousands of members joining the communities. well the communities(except for the school and alumni ones) have never enchanted me. They start with the names 'I love my mom', 'dancing', 'i love to eat ice cream', 'night lover' 'day lover' 'what the hell' and 'what not', and the topics inside have nothing to do with the community names.


The Indian student Minal Panchal of Virginia tech university who died in the shootout also had a orkut profile, the news papers and channels were digging every nook and corner of her profile publishing her scraps. The scraps she wrote a day before, the general 'wassup' scraps, the 'looking good in pic' scraps. What the hell..??? She is dead ... atleast let her rest in peace.

well... I am not liking the 'nothing private' part of orkut now-a-days, though it is rewarding some times (cops getting more information on Manish Thakur from his Orkut profile).