As promised, we’ve focused this week on making profiles prettier. After going back-and-forth over the merits of something that looks more like a traditional ’social network’ profile (for those looking for a MySpace/Facebook type of experience) and something that looks more like a ‘blog,’ (for those looking for a Blogger/Wordpress type of experience) we’ve decided to just empower users to make the choice for themselves.

Now by going to ‘My Profile’ –> ‘My Theme and Picture,’ you can also toggle your profile view:

We’ll be evolving both of these views this week and over time, and we’d love to hear your thoughts on what you’d like to see!

For those who haven’t been invited to the private beta yet, we’re looking to make big leaps in the # of people we invite starting this week. So, standby; you should be seeing something soon.

A bonus for the super-attentive: instant invites to the private beta for the first 5 commenters on this post. Just pass along an email address.