Today on PR 2.0, I came across a blog about Yahoo!'s new social network, Y! Mash. I hadn't heard of this new social network yet. But according to the blog, it will be more like Myspace than Facebook because you can customize your page however you would like it. It also sounds similar to a wiki in that you can edit not only your page, but also your friend's pages. It also claims you can have widgets, "you can add RSS feeds, Twitter status, flickr photos, Last.fm artists, and Youtube videos - among many other games, time wasters, and tools." Additionally, instead of searching for people by names, people use tags to describe themselves. Currently, Y! Mash is not open to everyone yet, it is on an invite only beta system. However, I'm sure that won't last long, and before you know it, it will be up for everyone to use.
Yes, it is ANOTHER social network, but that is what is in right now. This social network sounds quite advanced, as it incorporates Myspace and Facebook's special features, and goes beyond them. It sounds easy to use and "hip", however, I think time will tell it's success because of the closed invite only system.
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Yahoo's Mash is getting a lot of blog press, and Valleywag points out a significant difference between Mash and Myspace/Facebook: other people can make your profile for you! The post also shows the Mash interface if you're curious.
Way to stay up on all this stuff :D
Hey Jennifer, if you'd like an invite to Mash I can send you one so you can check it out - I have a Mash account. Just let me know!
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