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Yahoo's got a new social network up, called myM. Yes, the last letter is capitalized. No, we don't know why.
myM is currently in invite-only beta stage, and it's described as a social messaging service. Actually, let me quote the whole revelatory sentence from myM's home page:
"myM is changing the way you think about IM by allowing you to express yourself and connect with your friends in a whole new way."
Ok, that tells us nothing, but Valleywag claims that the service will be similar to Meebo, meaning that it will let you connect with your IM buddies across several IM platforms: AIM, MSN, Yahoo IM, and Meebo itself. Also, you'll be able to access Friendster, MySpace, and LiveJournal (Facebook is not mentioned).
All that makes myM some sort of meta-social network, and with these things, the execution needs to be really great to pull it off. Merely having the ability to message your buddies across several networks won't cut it, and the word is that Yahoo has already had some internal issues with myM, with some of Yahoo folks worried that the service might get blocked by the competition. Doesn't sound like a great start, but we'll be able to tell you more after we try it out.
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