Nowadays, very often we talk about how safe/secure is Orkut or any other social networking website? How reliable are the profiles on a matrimony website?
Though the fear for the unknown in human minds is believable, but I really can't understand why these questions are asked? After all, the users of such websites are human beings and they would behave exactly the way they behave in their real worlds. A gentleman cannot dupe anybody online and a habitual liar can't spell out the eternal truth online. In 99 out of 100 cases, I have seen people behaving exactly the way they are both in the real and virtual worlds. If we need to be defensive on the road against a common but an unknown man on the road, we need to be so even online. If we do not feel shy to approach anyone on the road, then we do not need to be so online. The only difference is the visibility of the face, but I am sure most people are not the best of face readers in this world. And given the very low Internet penetration in our country, it's considerably easy to figure out the nature of people on these websites.
In this ever shrinking world, where having the right information is a key driver in both our personal and professional lives, it would be rather foolish to not use these mega powerful sources of information. After all, the world is made up of 'We, the people' and with them alone lies all the knowledge and wisdom.
Orkut is often seen in the news for posed to have been instrumental in murders or other negative acts, but we forget that we derrive a lot of information in all of these cases from the same source.
Also, how many people have bothered to check the really exciting, informative and helpful communities on Orkut? Atleast I don't know of any survey that has ever shown the number of benefactors from Orkut.
I have been on Orkut since November 2005 and have seen it grown from a very nascent form to a very evolved one. In all phases, I have seen bugs which have been fixed by Google in due course of time. I have always had a very genuine and honest but detailed profile which has helped the right kind of people approach me - both acquaintances and strangers. Not that I have added all acquaintances and not that I have liked all strangers. So, it's very much like real life. It has aided me through thick and thin. Whether it was sharing a few lines of poetry with someone, or solving professional queries. Incidentally, it has helped me get married as well! I have a reasonably large number of people on my network and atleast 5% of them would certainly be ones whom I have still not met. Nevertheless, I share a good relationship with all of them - exactly the way I make new friends in the real life. LinkedIn, the professional network is also doing wonders for me these days. I believe, it's about the mind match and not about the face! That's why it is said - A man is known by the company he keeps.
I cannot imagine a life without Google. For me, it's a religion - whether it be Orkut, Gmail, Google search, news, videos, igoogle, blogs and many others. I feel empowered every time I am online as, without dislocating myself, I get answers to most of my queries.
So, those who are still negative about the virtual world, please come aboard and explore! There's a lot in life that you don't know about, you'll see through this medium. It's like scuba diving - discovery never ends!
Though the fear for the unknown in human minds is believable, but I really can't understand why these questions are asked? After all, the users of such websites are human beings and they would behave exactly the way they behave in their real worlds. A gentleman cannot dupe anybody online and a habitual liar can't spell out the eternal truth online. In 99 out of 100 cases, I have seen people behaving exactly the way they are both in the real and virtual worlds. If we need to be defensive on the road against a common but an unknown man on the road, we need to be so even online. If we do not feel shy to approach anyone on the road, then we do not need to be so online. The only difference is the visibility of the face, but I am sure most people are not the best of face readers in this world. And given the very low Internet penetration in our country, it's considerably easy to figure out the nature of people on these websites.
In this ever shrinking world, where having the right information is a key driver in both our personal and professional lives, it would be rather foolish to not use these mega powerful sources of information. After all, the world is made up of 'We, the people' and with them alone lies all the knowledge and wisdom.
Orkut is often seen in the news for posed to have been instrumental in murders or other negative acts, but we forget that we derrive a lot of information in all of these cases from the same source.
Also, how many people have bothered to check the really exciting, informative and helpful communities on Orkut? Atleast I don't know of any survey that has ever shown the number of benefactors from Orkut.
I have been on Orkut since November 2005 and have seen it grown from a very nascent form to a very evolved one. In all phases, I have seen bugs which have been fixed by Google in due course of time. I have always had a very genuine and honest but detailed profile which has helped the right kind of people approach me - both acquaintances and strangers. Not that I have added all acquaintances and not that I have liked all strangers. So, it's very much like real life. It has aided me through thick and thin. Whether it was sharing a few lines of poetry with someone, or solving professional queries. Incidentally, it has helped me get married as well! I have a reasonably large number of people on my network and atleast 5% of them would certainly be ones whom I have still not met. Nevertheless, I share a good relationship with all of them - exactly the way I make new friends in the real life. LinkedIn, the professional network is also doing wonders for me these days. I believe, it's about the mind match and not about the face! That's why it is said - A man is known by the company he keeps.
I cannot imagine a life without Google. For me, it's a religion - whether it be Orkut, Gmail, Google search, news, videos, igoogle, blogs and many others. I feel empowered every time I am online as, without dislocating myself, I get answers to most of my queries.
So, those who are still negative about the virtual world, please come aboard and explore! There's a lot in life that you don't know about, you'll see through this medium. It's like scuba diving - discovery never ends!
