New on orkut: Conversations and Private scraps!
June 11th, 2010 | Published in Google Orkut
Since we launched orkut in 2004, scraps have been one of our top features. In some countries, the word "scrap" has even became part of the Internet language. Because they're so important, we've been working to evolve them into something even more fun and interesting. Now your scraps can turn into conversations with your friends and you can send private scraps for a completely private conversation.
Scraps become conversations
From now on, all scraps you send to your friends will also show up in your profile, making it easy to start new conversations. You can join a conversation already going on by simply adding a comment to it, and the entire conversation will start showing up on your profile too, so you won't miss a thing.
If you start a new conversation by sending a public scrap to a friend, it will show up both on your profile page and on your friend's, so both of you won't miss any replies. This also lets your friends leave comments and join the conversation as well.
Once a third person joins your conversation by posting a comment, the entire conversation will also show up on his profile, so others can get the conversation going too. The same will happen if you comment on a friend's video or public photo, for example. This way even more people can join in and comment!
Of course, you can also click the "scraps to me" link to see only scraps sent to you.
Private scraps
We take privacy very seriously on orkut, and we want to make it really easy for everyone. Today we're launching private scraps, so you don't have to use testimonials for personal messages anymore. To keep something secret, just send a private scrap to your friends, and just those people selected will see it. Yep, just them! Recipients can also reply, creating a completely private conversation.
Privacy matters
Every piece of content on orkut (a scrap, photo, video, etc) will be labeled with a privacy level, so you know who else is seeing it or not. Before sending a scrap or publishing an album you can select the privacy level you want for that specific content.
You can also edit or add more privacy to your overall experience visiting the new privacy settings window, designed to make your life much easier. You can open it at anytime by clicking the “settings” link on the top of any page. It will be faster than ever to select privacy levels the way you really want!
We hope you and your friends really enjoy these new features. And don't forget to let us know what you think.
Posted by Ariel, orkut operations team
UPDATE: Back to the drawing board. we hear you!
Our team works hard to bring new features to you. Make orkut easier and more private has been our biggest priorities. For example, we recently revamped and simplified our privacy settings page, in order to make it very easy and straightforward to control what and with whom you want to share your information, photos or scraps. We know that maintaining a safe and simple communication with friends is important, so, after nearly a year of launching the new orkut interface, we introduced the two innovations announced above, to turn scraps into something even more fun and interesting for you.
Despite our care to bring a good experience for users, the changes were not fully welcomed. Orkut scraps were already open and visible to all, it was just a matter of tracking your friends' profiles forth and back to follow a conversation. In fact what was missing was a feature to make the conversation private, and that was what we did. But we understand your concerns, so we withdrew these two new features and will go back to the drawing board. We will bring new privacy features as soon as we take in considerations some of the contributions you shared with us.
Scraps become conversations
From now on, all scraps you send to your friends will also show up in your profile, making it easy to start new conversations. You can join a conversation already going on by simply adding a comment to it, and the entire conversation will start showing up on your profile too, so you won't miss a thing.
If you start a new conversation by sending a public scrap to a friend, it will show up both on your profile page and on your friend's, so both of you won't miss any replies. This also lets your friends leave comments and join the conversation as well.
Once a third person joins your conversation by posting a comment, the entire conversation will also show up on his profile, so others can get the conversation going too. The same will happen if you comment on a friend's video or public photo, for example. This way even more people can join in and comment!
Of course, you can also click the "scraps to me" link to see only scraps sent to you.
Private scraps
We take privacy very seriously on orkut, and we want to make it really easy for everyone. Today we're launching private scraps, so you don't have to use testimonials for personal messages anymore. To keep something secret, just send a private scrap to your friends, and just those people selected will see it. Yep, just them! Recipients can also reply, creating a completely private conversation.
Privacy matters
Every piece of content on orkut (a scrap, photo, video, etc) will be labeled with a privacy level, so you know who else is seeing it or not. Before sending a scrap or publishing an album you can select the privacy level you want for that specific content.
You can also edit or add more privacy to your overall experience visiting the new privacy settings window, designed to make your life much easier. You can open it at anytime by clicking the “settings” link on the top of any page. It will be faster than ever to select privacy levels the way you really want!
We hope you and your friends really enjoy these new features. And don't forget to let us know what you think.
Posted by Ariel, orkut operations team
UPDATE: Back to the drawing board. we hear you!
Our team works hard to bring new features to you. Make orkut easier and more private has been our biggest priorities. For example, we recently revamped and simplified our privacy settings page, in order to make it very easy and straightforward to control what and with whom you want to share your information, photos or scraps. We know that maintaining a safe and simple communication with friends is important, so, after nearly a year of launching the new orkut interface, we introduced the two innovations announced above, to turn scraps into something even more fun and interesting for you.
Despite our care to bring a good experience for users, the changes were not fully welcomed. Orkut scraps were already open and visible to all, it was just a matter of tracking your friends' profiles forth and back to follow a conversation. In fact what was missing was a feature to make the conversation private, and that was what we did. But we understand your concerns, so we withdrew these two new features and will go back to the drawing board. We will bring new privacy features as soon as we take in considerations some of the contributions you shared with us.
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