] Recently one of our elite operatives, Irina Slutsky, went
] undercover to infiltrate the launch party for Google's
] new friend-network thingy Orkut. Irina has now resurfaced
] with this report:
 . . .
] A giant bouncer in requisite leather and shaved head is
] clutching a handful of printed Orkut profiles in his left
] fist, telling people trying to get into the club that
] they'll have to "get someone from inside to vouch that
] they are on Orkut" before they can go in.
]
] I feel special as Scott and I hand over our profiles and
] the bouncer pulls back the red velvet rope, showing us
] into the inner sanctum of this brave new world. After
] all, the invitation-only site has garnered over 130,000
] very special people as members as of this writing.

This is one of the best reviews of behind-the-scenes orkut that I've seen so far.