Google the great..... from a non believer to a believer...

I write this because it amazes me no limits, as to how a 150 people who have mostly never met each other before are today interacting and thriving as community online, and all this on the basis that they will be joining a business school in future..

One only needs to look at the Orkut community of this batch, and its easy to make out, that people know about each other's background, know their relationship status, know their weird habits, know about each others hobbies etc etc, and the list goes on. all on the basis of simple online networking.. So far i was a non believer in the power of social networking websites, thinking that they were a passing fad.. but the sheer quantum and quality of information, and the ability of this concept to unite seemingly unknown individuals has made me change that opinion.. Five years back when I entered college to graduate, yahoo group email was as far as social networking went. But, today the number of options available and the enthusiasm of people, make sure that people left behind feel that they should catch up...

Thanks to Google and the people there, to present something as simple yet as elegant as Orkut, and in it an idea that will take the concept of communication many places...

Keeping my fingers crossed and literally hope that the online camaraderie materializes itself in the real world as well...

P.S ...just wonder if the excitement of meeting everyone new in person, like the old days will still exist ??? comments welcome...