Orkut Adds Status Updates

Orkut is rolling out a new feature which allows you to set your status message. It’s pretty similar to the one which is implemented in Facebook, but Orkut allows emoticons (smiles) to be added in your status message.

Surprisingly, status updates don’t show up in your updates, just like how they do in Facebook. This means, when you update your status, it wouldn’t be published in your friend’s updates. That makes it a little pointless to have another status update, since Orkut already uses our Google Talk status message. I find it a little odd to have two status updates in a single profile page.

I come across so many people on Orkut, who use last name to shout their status. Hopefully, those people will adapt to the new status update feature. It would have been awesome, if Google provided some basic integration with Twitter. I seriously hate updating my status on more than one service.