Googlified

The orkut Blog launched a new monthly “column” on their blog, called “orkut trends“, to “share some of the fascinating trends that [they’ve] discovered about orkut users through looking at the aggregate trends of [the] user base.”

The first orkut trends report concluded that, “fully two-thirds of Orkut users who rated themselves said they were more attractive than average (giving a new meaning to average). Asians were most likely (32%) to consider themselves average looking. Oceania residents were most likely to rate themselves as “mirror-cracking material” (14%), and South Americans the least likely (4%).”

I thought that “mirror-cracking” means very attractive, but oh well, it’s just an opinion.

Bonus: While I was “researching” stuff for this post, I found this interesting slide show presentation by (part-time) Googler Ellen Spertus (aka “Sexiest Geek Alive”) about Orkut’s friends/ community recommendation system.

UPDATE: Oops, forgot the mention that there are some protests going on over at Flickr.