[quote]
A lot of people I followed seemed to be obsessed with having as many followers as possible. In fact, there seems to be a strategy (I credit Leigh Duncan-Durst - @livepath for this word) called "Twitchers" – people who follow you, so you would follow them, and they would unfollow you – all in an effort to beef up their follower numbers. This reminds me of creepy people from high school who were devoting their lives to a popularity contest.
[/quote]

Alan Weiss is right in a way. Most of the people on social networks are there for the fame quotient. In the case of orkut, how many fans and testimonials do you have? How do you rank in the cool and trust meter? How many scraps do you get? Do you feature frequently in your friends' feed?

Having said that, it is indeed phenomenal about the amount of time that people spend on social networks, and live by them. I had setup my birthday on orkut two years back; and received tons of wishes. I had it removed last year; and only received a handful. :-D

My good friend Vinod had some choice things to say about his first experience with orkut. I will do a favor on your heart by not narrating it here. My good friend Nithin has this thing about bloggers. I will do your heart a favor there too. Or maybe not.

In the meantime, if you would like to follow my blogs be informed when there's a new post, you can do so by registering here and there.