Yet another social networking site launches: Orkut.com. All I know about it is that supercool BoingBoing buddy Justin Hall is a member, the site was launched "in affiliation with Google", it includes a friend rating system (ascribe degrees of various attributes to your Orkutsters — hipness, h4wtness, whatever), and it's asking me to invite all of my friends. (loud retching sounds).
Update: The site's mastermind is Orkut Buyukkokten, a Stanford CS PhD. candidate and Google software engineer. He developed the project during personal time at work that Google grants each of its employees. CNET, Search Engine Watch, and The Register now have stories online.
