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I am going ga-ga over the new Facebook platform. Compared to what Facebook is doing to change the face of social computing (there’s your real Paradigm Shift, Markus), the recent space of failed dating site acquisitions and summer doldrums leaves me hungry for a new project.

So far the summer has brought us eHarmony and Chemistry duking it out over the definition of the term “million” while eHarmony’s exclusionary tactics have gays feelling even more persecuted that usual. The spin-meisters in the dating world are working overtime this quarter.

Recently I had a dream that I would receive a call out of the blue from someone with the resources and cojones to start a dating site based on Facebook. If that was you, contact me and let’s talk.

• Facebook, The Platform
• The Decay of Facebook Relevance Over Time
• Facebook Follow-up
• Are Facebook Application Users Worth $1.40 a Piece?
• Time Magazine: Eharmony Worst Dating Site