The last few days have seen a number of stories on social networking platforms. Om Malik wrote about the evolution of blogs, Mathew Ingram talked about letting a hundred Facebook's bloom. Today, at minimum, we're going to discuss these, especially in the context of the WordPress / BuddyPress combo which looks like it will be coming to market shortly. We'll also chat a little about GigaLogue -- the social media plug-in set that the GigaOm team is going to release shortly for WordPress.

And perhaps, if there's time, we'll chat a little about how the Olympic news coverage is being handled. There are those who are upset at NBC's decision to embargo news until prime time, and there are those upset that CNN twittered the news of Phelps' 8th victory as it broke. What's the solution?