Killed September 30, 2014

Orkut

Founded 2004 · Peak: 300 million

Why Orkut mattered

Google's social network. 300 million users at peak. HUGE in Brazil and India. Google killed it to focus on Google+, which was itself killed in 2019.

How SENTINEL brings it back

SENTINEL Community brings back interest-based discussion forums. No algorithmic timeline, no sponsored posts, no ads on the free tier.

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Why this matters in 2026

Big Tech killed every great community-driven internet tool between 2008 and 2024. Orkut was one of them. SENTINEL is the unified replacement — 7 dead products reborn as one AI-powered platform on owned infrastructure, free forever for personal use, no tracking, no ads.

All AI runs on local Llama and Qwen models — no OpenAI bills, your data never leaves our server. Stripe-powered subscriptions for paid tiers, free forever for the basics.