Why08, the Twitter-esque site for political banter, has opened up to the public and added two new features to increase the social functionality within its community. We first covered Why08 here, when the site launched its private beta.
One such new tool is The Cabinet, which lets you make friends (more like adding yourself as a follower). It's not a mutual friending system, but a way to follow what's going on with others. Just because you've added someone to your Cabinet doesn't mean that they're in yours. But this will make it easier to follow people's posted opinions.
That's where the second new feature comes in. The "WHYre" is the news feed that gives you the updates of the activity going on What's interesting about the inclusion of The Cabinet is that there's a positive association with those that would be in your Cabinet. And they will also be displayed on your profile, meaning that they're portrayed as friends.