Is ORKUT coming back?
Orkut went out in the
first place because as per international surveys it had more than 80% of only
juvenile stuff and that too of stereotyped sharing.
In my opinion , in a
way that was catering to children between 8 to 16 or 18 years and could have
continued as a platform for them .
Now, WhatsApp is
flooded by more juvenile GM msgs and all sorts negative , humourless memes
[mostly stereotyped ones and themes being predicatbly political stuff or some
filmy gossip or routine refrains of glories on different religious outfits] .
Actually it is full
of FORWARD class who keep forwarding even without reading it. Like some Suresh
kumar is brain dead and his kidneys have been available for the past 2 years on
WhatsApp!!!
The problem is not
with any platform but the users fault and lack of original content.
Almost all platforms
are starved of original content.
Like our Indian films
and serials, they are caught in a vicious circle where the viewers blame the
producers trends and commercial constraints and the producers blame the viewers
tastes and demands and as a result we never have serials like Lie to Me, Big
bang, Grey's Anatomy, House, Castle, Bold and Beautiful.
We are struck between
new nonsense and sensational stereotypes and trite traditions.
We don't have the
mentality to allow transition from traditions and tested trends into the
terrain of transformation especially in the field of entertainment and social
media content.
We are all aware that everyone is racing against time without the luxury of leisure time , except the blessed retired
people , and therefore attention span is shrinking too much that we are going back to Avaiyar
the first SMS creator and Tiruvalluvar
the first Twitter creator.
I have been
suggesting to our lethargic tourism department to make short documentaries on
many wonderful places in India and its many
traditions and cultures like www.nasdaily.com
[ what an excellent work that 5 individuals as a team do].
We have youth with immense potential and energy but
without guidance, encouragement and freedom to pursue their passions.
No doubt the world at
present has immense opportunities for those who are street smart and /or
focused but then there are equally powerful constraints of financial
investment and socio-religio-cultural presssures.
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