roldar - 7:47 am on Jul 23, 2005 (gmt 0)

I think Google owns Orkut. I believe it's based on the same principles, but as I never was cool enough to be "invited" to any of their cool people only things, I wouldn't know.

Anybody have any idea what's up with Orkut? Is it big, is it growing, at what pace? Does it include a lot of the features found in MySpace, Friendster, etc?

I don't see how it can compete with MySpace with the method of growing they have, but I also think that the way they're doing it will make the service more useful for people who actually know each other.. whereas MySpace appears to be more of a voyeur site than an actual social network.