Orkut.com.br needs to die!
Yes, I’m just one of the many who have fallen into the stupid Brazilian Orkut fake kid pages. There is a whole profile based off images from my Flickr stream.
http://www.orkut.com/Main#Album.aspx?uid=6447389076309092886&aid=1230630259
http://www.orkut.com/Main#Album.aspx?uid=499062161829329821&aid=1
I know I could toggle the “Friends & Family” setting on Flickr but I have too many people who look at my stream who are real friends and family that I don’t want to have to send a link or require them to sign up to see the pictures.
Of course Google, the owner of Orkut.com, is of absolutely no help. Reporting abuse on the site gives me this wonderful canned response:
Thank you for your reporting of abuse on Orkut on “2009-01-06”.Thanks Google. Thanks!!!!?!?!
Based on our review and consideration of Orkut’s terms of service, we understand that this content does not currently break any policies on Orkut. If you believe that a mistake has been made, please re-submit your complaint with additional information to help our support team better understand your concerns with this content.
Glad they are so willing to help fight their site turning into a steaming pile of crap with pedophiles, etc.
Sigh, such is life on the interwebs.
Update: a friend of a friend works at Google and was able to get at least one of the accounts nuked this morning.
