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.
Chopra's tweet got more than 600 retweets and 8K likes, she said, her elder sister created the Orkut account for her.Who all used Orkut here?
— Shubhangi Chopra (@shonupie) July 2, 2020
There was a time when I used to visit cyber cafe for #orkut and pay _₹20
— memebandhu (@memebandhu) July 4, 2020
For an hour. It was my first social media account on internet. After seeing Orkut trending , my emotions are like :- pic.twitter.com/gCziOFRX9a
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
— Arpit Shukla (@arpitmohit20) July 4, 2020
90's kids to @Google #Orkut pic.twitter.com/KXR0iDr34h
#Orkut is trending
— Pathey (@paa_they) July 4, 2020
Le Orkut : pic.twitter.com/Zl8W5kLGhz
RT , who all were use to Browse #Orkut from cyber cafe during college/ school bunk.
— Abhinav Srivastava (@ABHINAVsr) July 4, 2020
RT and share who was like me ?
Are you missing ? pic.twitter.com/bAwOBBfLpE
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.Every 90's kid after seeing #Orkut trending on Twitter..
— She's crazy (@bakbakkgirl) July 4, 2020
.#nostalgia pic.twitter.com/Lv9ECWmra8
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