Orgoo has been down for more than a week. Not good news for the fledging internet startup, but let this be a lesson to everyone using the internet. Its a jungle out there! be careful with usernames, user policies and checks. Orgoo went down because one of their users misused their video feature and eventually forced their ISP to shut the site down. Now the ISP is not releasing any of Orgoo’s assets.

For a small startup, its very costly to run a datacenter, hence it makes sense to go to an ISP/hosting provider. But what does one go when a user goes rogue? How do you ‘fire’ a user effectively? How do you control massive amounts of data that can contain questionable material? Youtube, google, microsoft, everyone has this problem. Orgoo’s only fault really was that it was small, without its down datacenter. Orgoo is not and should not be held responsible since it acts as a middle-man to displaying content a certain way….

Maybe someone can offer a “co-op” datacenter to startups, or build software that scans user databases for questionable materials? An opportunity I smell, oh yes I do….smells like fresh muffins… yum!

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