Gen Y Remembers Their First Social Media Platform ‘Orkut’, Memes Take Twitter By Storm

As people still somehow remain locked inside their houses, they are reminiscing things from their past. Generation Y had a field day on Twitter when one Twitter user Shubhangi Chopra (@shonupie) asked on the micro-blogging platform, “Who all used Orkut here?” Twitter was taken over by the overwhelmed 90s kids who shared their first social media networking experience. Walking down the memory lane before Facebook, Instagram or Snapchat was the status quo, netizens shared memes to express their nostalgia. 

Who all used Orkut here?

— Shubhangi Chopra (@shonupie) July 2, 2020

Chopra's tweet got more than 600 retweets and 8K likes, she said, her elder sister created the Orkut account for her.

There was a time when I used to visit cyber cafe for #orkut and pay _₹20
For an hour. It was my first social media account on internet. After seeing Orkut trending , my emotions are like :- pic.twitter.com/gCziOFRX9a

— memebandhu (@memebandhu) July 4, 2020

This dude used to show recent profile visitors. imagine a feature like this in 2020. Orkut was badass!

— Neeche Se Topper (@NeecheSeTopper) July 4, 2020

Once upon a time, when life was tough, data was expensive and Social Media was limited, there existed Orkut..!!

— Ujjwal Thakur (@ashutosh5897_v) July 4, 2020

#Orkut - iska craze he alag hai ! pic.twitter.com/XVAmwBZ6kg

— Hemant Jha (@HemantJ74103922) July 4, 2020

Shocked after Seeing #orkut trending

90's kids to @Google #Orkut pic.twitter.com/KXR0iDr34h

— Arpit Shukla (@arpitmohit20) July 4, 2020

#Orkut is trending

Le Orkut : pic.twitter.com/Zl8W5kLGhz

— Pathey (@paa_they) July 4, 2020

RT , who all were use to Browse #Orkut from cyber cafe during college/ school bunk.

RT and share who was like me ?
Are you missing ? pic.twitter.com/bAwOBBfLpE

— Abhinav Srivastava (@ABHINAVsr) July 4, 2020

Every 90's kid after seeing #Orkut trending on Twitter..
.#nostalgia pic.twitter.com/Lv9ECWmra8

— She's crazy (@bakbakkgirl) July 4, 2020

Orkut was named after its creator Orkut Büyükkökten, a Turkish engineer working with Google at the time. Launched in 2004, the platform gained popularity in 2007-08, especially in Brazil and India. In 2014, the Google-owned website announced it's shutting down.