Finding Friends, Love & Participatory Journalism
orkut, an online social networking site for meeting friends and maybe finding love has now added a participatory media portal that is open to anyone to view and for members to contribute. It’s called orkut media and described as “a weekly collection of writings and photos by our very own orkut members.”
And just what kind of writing:
The “Porch” offers a variety of columns ranging from the hot and humorous to the thoughtful and thought-provoking, along with galleries of riveting photos from around the world. The “Lounge” and “Studio” will contain archives of all the collected orkut media material (on the off-chance that you miss a week), along with tidbits
about contributing writers and photographers.”
And at least this political rant by Mark Ganek is some fun reading. He writes in part:
…the Democrats knew that they would need to turn out the youth vote as never before. And as the centerpiece of this effort, they chose … Bruce Springsteen. Great thinking, guys. In terms of energizing the youth, he’s right up there with Barry Manilow and Al Jolson.
