{"id":116149,"date":"2021-01-24T14:46:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T17:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gay.blog.br\/?p=116149"},"modified":"2021-03-18T23:08:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T02:08:12","slug":"orkut-social-network-was-founded-17-years-ago-by-gay-engineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gay.blog.br\/en\/geek-en\/orkut-social-network-was-founded-17-years-ago-by-gay-engineer\/","title":{"rendered":"Orkut social network was founded 17 years ago by gay engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Created on January 24th, 2004<\/strong> and deactivated on September 30th, 2014, the social network Orkut<\/strong> was a pioneer in Brazil, reaching more than 300 million users around the world. Scraps, testimonials, reviews, people who visited the profile, communities with fun names, BuddyPoke<\/a> and Colheita Feliz<\/a> are some of the nostalgic resources<\/a> left by the social network.<\/p>\n

The social network was named after the creator of the platform, the Turkish Orkut Buyukkokten<\/strong><\/a>, who resides in the United States and has already worked at Google. Currently, the engineer is CEO of hello.com<\/strong><\/a> and, since 2019, he is a columnist for GAY BLOG BR<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Gay and an activist of diversity and equality, Orkut is a frequent commentator on the positive and negative impacts of social networks. He is also an avid programmer, bartender and professional massage therapist. He loves to dance and interact, especially with Brazilians. Buyukkokten, even, comes annually to the country to drink caipirinhas<\/a> and meet people.<\/p>\n

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In S\u00e3o Paulo, 2019: Mateus Zitti, Vin\u00edcius Yamada, Andr\u00e9 Fischer, Todd Tomorrow, Thamiris Rezende, Camila Goytacaz, Orkut and Bruno Ayres Martinez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In an exclusive interview with GAY BLOG BR in 2019<\/a>, Orkut Buyukkokten<\/strong> spoke about relationships in the digital age and his view on gay culture<\/em>. Remember the interview:<\/p>\n

Being gay is something you’ve been dealing with transparently since Orkut.com. Do you consider yourself an activist? And when you were in Brazil, did you went to any party\/nightclub?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I actively participate in LGBT events and causes and I also host many events. In the United States, I have been involved with organizations StartOut<\/strong>, GLAAD<\/strong><\/a>, Dot429<\/strong> and REAF<\/strong>. I haven’t had the opportunity to go to any LGBT event in Brazil yet. However, I look forward to participating and being part of the gay community in Brazil.<\/p>\n

The recent Human Technology study shows that using social networking apps can be quite toxic. How is this scenario on gay apps?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Center of Human Technology<\/em> has monitored the time of use on smartphones and the degree of happiness of users. The number one app that makes people most unhappy is Grindr<\/em>. In apps like Grindr<\/em>, you are not a person; you are a figure or a body part. The experience of using these apps desensitizes us and makes us dumb. This reduces us to our bodies. The negative impact of mutual objectification that we experience in these apps makes dating, romance and sex insignificant, unsatisfactory. My advice would be to delete and stop using apps that focus on instant gratification, casual sex and “fast fuck”.<\/p>\n

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