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It’s been fun watching everyone I know starting to move over to Facebook ever since the new Facebook Platform launched several weeks ago. The great rush to Myspace is over and I’m never going back.

I’ve installed the Firefox Facebook Toolbar, which keeps be going back to Facebook far more often than if I only had a bookmark to it.

Late last night a Facebook notifier window popped up on my screen, proclaiming “Susan is watching the new photo features on Y!Personals roll out. Yea!!”

Clicking through, I realize this is Susan Mernit’s Facebook feed. Off I go to her blog. On Friday, Susan’s  hints that Y! Personals is launching new platforms and infrastructure. Last night we learn about photo features. What else is coming?

Talk about timing. Glancing at my screen at the exact time Susan wrote about the new photo feature was a pure luck. Ten seconds later and I would have missed it.

It would be great if someone at Y! Personals want to let us know what this new platform is all about.

• The Inside Story at Yahoo! Personals
• Yahoo Updates Dating Platform, Profile Photos
• Y! Personals Customizable
• Facebook, The Platform
• iPhoto, meet Facebook