Editing Orkut (section)

==Features==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:300px; float:right; font-size:85%; margin:0.25em 0 1em 1em;" 
|! colspan="4" style="font-size:117.6%;" | '''Traffic on Orkut by country'''
|- style="background:#dfd;"
|! colspan="4" style="font-size:117" | '''Traffic of Orkut on March 31, 2004'''
|- style="background:#eee;"
| [[File:Flag of the United States.svg|30px]] || United States || <div style="width:51.36px; height:1em; background:blue; border:1px solid black;"></div> || 51.36%
|- style="background:#ddd;"
| [[File:Flag of Japan.svg|30px]] || Japan || <div style="width:7.74px;
height:1em; background:white; border:1px solid black;"></div> || 7.74%
|- style="background:#eee;"
| style="width:50px;" | [[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|30px]] || Brazil || style="width:100px;" | <div style="width:5.16px; height:1em; background:yellow; border:1px solid black;"></div> || 5.16%
|- style="background:#ddd;"
| [[File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|30px]] || Netherlands || <div style="width:4.10px; height:1em; background:purple; border:1px solid black;"></div> || 4.10%
|- style="background:#eee;"
| [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|30px]] || United Kingdom || <div style="width:3.72px; height:1em; background:red; border:1px solid black;"></div> || 3.72%
|- style="background:#ddd;"
| {{noflag}} || Other || <div style="width:27.9px; height:1em; background:gray; border:1px solid black;"></div> || 27.92%
|-
|! colspan="4" style="font-size:117.6%;" | '''Traffic of Orkut on September 30, 2014'''<ref name="alexa">{{cite web |url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/orkut.com.br |title= Orkut.com.br Site Info |publisher= [[Alexa Internet]] |access-date= April 1, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140530083706/http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/orkut.com.br|archive-date= May 30, 2014 |url-status= live }}</ref>
|- style="background:#eee;
| [[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|30px]] || Brazil || <div style="width:53.5px; height:1em; background:yellow; border:1px solid black;"></div> || 55.5%
|- style="background:#ddd;"
| style="width:50px;" | [[File:Flag of India.svg|30px]] || India || style="width:18.4px;" | <div style="width:19.5px; height:1em; background:orange; border:1px solid black;"></div> || 18.4%
|- style="background:#eee;"
| [[File:Flag of China.svg|30px]] || China || <div style="width:3.4px; height:1em; background:green; border:1px solid black;"></div> || 6.4%
|- style="background:#ddd;"
| [[File:Flag of the United States.svg|30px]] || United States || <div style="width:3.3px; height:1em; background:blue; border:1px solid black;"></div> || 3.3%
|-
|- style="background:#eee;"
| [[File:Flag of Japan.svg|30px]] || Japan || <div style="width:2.7px; height:1em; background:white; border:1px solid black;"></div> || 2.7%
|- style="background:#ddd;"
| {{noflag}} || Other || <div style="width:15.7px; height:1em; background:gray; border:1px solid black;"></div> || 15.7%
|}

Orkut's features and interface changed significantly with time. Initially, each member could become a fan of any of the friends in their list and also evaluate whether their friend is "Trustworthy", "Cool", "Sexy" on a scale of 1 to 3 (marked by icons), which was aggregated as a percentage.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} Unlike Facebook, where one can only view profile details of people in their network, Orkut initially allowed anyone to visit everyone's profile, unless a potential visitor was on a person's "Ignore List" (this feature was eventually changed so that users could choose between showing their profile to all networks or specified ones). Each member was also able to customize their profile preferences and restrict information that appears on their profile from their friends and/or others. Another feature was that any member can add any other member on Orkut to his/her "Crush List".{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}}

When a user logged in, they saw the people in their friends list in the order of their login to the site, the first person being the latest one to do so. Orkut's competitors were other social networking sites including [[Myspace]] and [[Facebook]]. The site [[Ning (website)|Ning]] was a more direct competitor, as it allowed for the creation of social networks similar to Orkut's "communities".

An Orkut user was also able to add videos to their profile from either [[YouTube]] or [[Google Video]] with the additional option of creating either restricted or unrestricted polls for polling a community of users. There was at one point an option to integrate [[GTalk]] with Orkut, enabling chat and file sharing. Similar to Facebook, users could also use a "like" button to share interests with friends.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.blog.orkut.com.br/2011/03/new-Orkut-features-like.html |title=New orkut features – Like? – Orkut Blog |publisher=En.blog.orkut.com.br |date=March 21, 2011 |access-date=August 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815173641/http://en.blog.orkut.com.br/2011/03/new-orkut-features-like.html |archive-date=August 15, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Users could also change their interface from a wide range of colorful themes in the library. Themes were only available in Brazil and India.<ref>{{cite web |title=What's your theme? Orkut shows it off! - orkut blog |url=http://en.blog.orkut.com/2010/02/whats-your-theme-orkut-shows-it-off.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225040317/http://en.blog.orkut.com/2010/02/whats-your-theme-orkut-shows-it-off.html |archive-date=2010-02-25 |access-date=2015-03-10}}</ref> Orkut was arguably 'the only thriving social networking site' in India during 2005–2008. Orkut was the first Google customer to have [[OpenSocial]] support.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OpenSocial opens new can of worms |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/opensocial-opens-new-can-of-worms/ |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=CNET |language=en}}</ref>