سردبير: خودم

It is so funny how you over generalize things. You know someone like you, who claims to be an intellectual, should have an open mind and give things the benefit of the doubt. I will provide you with another perspective of the issue. You know how Persian people like to talk behind each other's back. Well when you leave all your information out there then 'hamsaayeye khaaleye pesar ammat' ends up calling your mom and asks 'eeeeh nemidoonestam dokhtaret naamzadeh(i.e.commited) . Hence to avoid all these hassle I'd rather leave that field empty.

Well, it coulbe other way around. meaning they are dating someone, hasn't gone that far, so by saying "NOTHING" thety close the door for further offers, while they are not officially committed (engaged) eaither. Cause trust me if a girl is dating a boy and she IS comitted to him but DELCARES it, the boy freakes out:) as simple as that:)

Not indicating your personal preferences and status does not show your state in life, it simply shows your approach to a public E community. In my case, the rational for not putting such information is: It’s none of anybody's business if I drink or not, to what I believe and if I feel committed while I am married or just broke up with my boyfriend! These are not the things you share with public! Except if I am sending the data to a “Dating Website “I do not introduce myself by saying : Hi , my name is bla bla… , I am single /committed thou not yet married , I some times drink,… and to me Orkut is not a place necessarily for dating though can potentially have the function of that kind . Look at it in another way: those who chose to annouce they are single are probably looking for a cyber date. Those who put committed /married want their previous date to know they have already found someone, or have been trying so hard to find someone and now that they finally did, want the whole world to know it! The ones who leave it blank are trying to say: mind your own business, I am not here for dating, I am here for my friends, the ones who need to know such details about me find it out through other means!

freedom is important to many people. just because you have a husband and a boyfriend does not mean you don't want a lover as well! life is too short and too complicated to limit yourself!

Fascinating!

I do strongly agree!

یک احتمال دیگه هم اینه که آدم مثل من چند سال باشه که مطلقه(!) باشه ولی از طرفی هم حال و حوصله نداشته باشه هر کی از مامان جانش قهر کرد از تو ارکات بتونه باهاش تماس بگیره و بهش پیشنهادات آنچنانی بده و واسه همین هم به این نتیجه برسه که بهتره تو پروفیلش چیزی در مورد تجردش ننویسه ودر کل از این یک راه برای پارتنر پیدا کردن استفاده نکنه!

agreed!

Click on the link. hossein is right. It's "orkAt" not "orkoot"

I agree!! I know quite a few people which this completly applies to!! In fact, whenever I fight with my wife I remove the "married" status and bring it back when things are okay!!

Well, I just use orkut to save my relations with my old friends, and in my opinion, there is no reason I should include my personal data-like marital status, religion, etc. for public, so in my opinion you aren't right

پروفايل ياهو بعضي‌ها رو بدعادت کرده. اونجا اگر single باشي معنيش never been married‌ه. براي همين بعضي‌ها که توي اورکات divorced رو پیدا نمی‌کنن بدون status مي‌مونن.

نه! مهمترین معنی این است که نمی خوام کسی بفهمه با کسی هستم! ولی اصولا روابط پیچیده تر از اونی هستند که بشه در دو تا category که single و commited باشه گنجوند!

من کاملن با شما همعقیده و موافقم و البته فضای مجازی هم تشنگی این نوع رفتار ها را دو چندان و مضاعف می کند

موافقم!!!

موافقم ، حسسسسسسسسسسسسسسسين دستت گذاشتي همون جا كه بايد ميذاشتي ، خودشه، از بعضي ها نميشه دل كند !!! ، منتطر گزينه بهتري پيدا بشه !!!!

کاملا

نه مخالفم. no matter what you say :)

This is very interesting. Isn't this the case with you?Isn't this what has happenned to you?

Na

It's also correlated with the impression you'd like to leave on people and somewhat negative image of online dating, registering as single might mean you have not managed to find yourself a decent date in the real life.

مجرد با جیم، نه با چ. فکر کنم اشتباه تایپیه.

حسين خان it's ارکوت not اورکات.

there is another reason too: some people like to hide everything from others. they find no reason to let others know their relationship status and they do not look to orkut as a place for finding partner.

به شما چه مربوط ؟ شما هم تا چند وقت دیگر یکی از آن افراد خواهید بود.

آره داداش ايول زدي تو خال

اصلا موافق نیستم. من خودم خیلی برام جالب بود که دوستام که کاملا به دوست دخترهایشان متعد بودند، از single و نه committed استفاده کرده بودند. از هر دو نفرشان پرسیدم، تنها دلیلش این بود که مفهوم درست committed را نمی‌دانستند و تصور می‌کردند که تا قبل از ازدواج مجرد و در نتیجه single هستند. البته دامنه این تحقیق!! دو نفر است! اما به نظر من تا حد خوبی تعمیم داده میشود.