Orkut Spying Made Easy!

By far the greatest source of virtual distraction in my life, Orkut has proceeded to become the prime source of keeping up with the Joneses, Jains, Sharmas and Mishras of the world. Not only does it let me keep it touch with them (well, that's only secondary!), it also let's me keep in touch with all that they don't want me to keep in touch with! *Evil Laugh*

It's cheap and pathetic and I should hate myself for it, but I don't. I really like myself above all my weaknesses.

But some time back, out sheer respect for another's privacy (and also because I genuinely had a lot of work to do) I stopped trespassing. When I came back to my old ways (aah, the lust for blood) I realised, that orkut had made life much simpler for me.

Now, however cheap and pathetic and shameful it may be, those orkut beautifiers had now made it much easier for orkut spies to get their load of gossip for the day.

I'm referring to the 'Updates from my Friends' section, where you can get to know new and exciting info about your friends, such as:

1. Someone you know who was called XYZ now is known as 'Life Sucks' and incidently has also sent you a 'Have a very Happy Diwali' message with 4 smileys.
2. Someone you know is single and not married, has updated the 'children' column to 'none'
3. Some people you know were not single and not married have changed their status to 'committed' and 'open relationship' respectively.
4. Some people you did not know were committed suddenly become 'single'
5. 'Zulu' is the language your neighbour for 12 years has suddenly started to speak.
6. Someone in your friends list has developed a new 'Passion' for 'Lazing at night after a day of hard work'!
7. Someone you know who had a crush on someone else, has written a verrry interesting testimonial for her/him :)

In short, saves a lot of time.

For those who care to protect their privacy like myself..

Orkut>My Settings>Privacy>Hide Updates