Back to Bhopu ArchivePosted On Aug 17, 2007
Bigadda just a mock
in Social Networking, Website Reviews

That was my reaction when I heard about a networking site Bigadda (Bigadda means spoiled) but it actually meant big adda (big hangout). I browsed through the site just to see what is the hype all about. You hear about it on Big FM. Believe me guys it’s just a stylish version of DesiMartini.com (whose ads has been making rounds of the TV now-a-days.) The layout, the whole look of the site gives the same feel as DesiMartini. It has certain resemblance to Hi5 as well. If you see the site it will remind you of a mix of a lot of social networking sites running currently. Except the login page I think they have not put in much effort in anything. 

The site is dull and very monotonous. It had around 88 members when I had logged in the last time. It obviously might have some more by now. It’s now quite similar to Orkut in terms of friends requests. There are definitely some bugs in it. The image re-sizer for profile images and album is not good compared to those on other sites. They have some kind of minimal blog for every account there, which is like the usual ones we see on all networking sites. It even has video feature in it, which is quite good for a new site. They have lots of scope for improvement though.

Overall I think the site doesn’t justify the hype surrounding BigAdda. I expected atleast one killer feature, one good experience but somehow I am left disappointed.

Also, the guys at Reliance should realize that they will have to come out with something different that lots of other social networking sites miss out on in order to connect with users.
 
Only time will tell where BigAdda heads. Meanwhile, I would just like to suggest them to be original. I don’t think my friends or me would switch from Orkut or Hi5 to Bigadda.

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Tag : Orkut, Hi5, Social Networking