Late last week the Washington Post launched a light social networking component called My Post. The feature allows users to create a profile that will be linked to whenever a user comments on a Post article. The profile includes personal information about the user and aggregators all of a user’s comments. The feature also includes the ability send private messages to other users, make other users your “friend” and to recommend the posts of other users.

A screenshot of a profile is below and you can view a profile page here. Note that this feature is powered by Pluck’s Sitelife software, the same package used to power the social features on USAToday.com (although the Post version has less features).

Via Cyberjournalist.