[orkut updates] Send Private Scraps and Privacy Settings

Scraps become conversations
From now on, all scraps you send to your friends will also show up in your profile, making it easy to start new conversations. You can join a conversation already going on by simply adding a comment to it, and the entire conversation will start showing up on your profile too, so you won't miss a thing.

If you start a new conversation by sending a public scrap to a friend, it will show up both on your profile page and on your friend's, so both of you won't miss any replies. This also lets your friends leave comments and join the conversation as well.

Once a third person joins your conversation by posting a comment, the entire conversation will also show up on his profile, so others can get the conversation going too. The same will happen if you comment on a friend's video or public photo, for example. This way even more people can join in and comment!

Of course, you can also click the "scraps to me" link to see only scraps sent to you.

Private scraps
We take privacy very seriously on orkut, and we want to make it really easy for everyone. Today we're launching private scraps, so you don't have to use testimonials for personal messages anymore. To keep something secret, just send a private scrap to your friends, and just those people selected will see it. Yep, just them! Recipients can also reply, creating a completely private conversation.

Privacy matters
Every piece of content on orkut (a scrap, photo, video, etc) will be labeled with a privacy level, so you know who else is seeing it or not. Before sending a scrap or publishing an album you can select the privacy level you want for that specific content.

You can also edit or add more privacy to your overall experience visiting the newprivacy settings window, designed to make your life much easier. You can open it at anytime by clicking the “settings” link on the top of any page. It will be faster than ever to select privacy levels the way you really want!