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Despite my complete boredom with Facebook right now, I went ahead and joined a new social network called Kluster. This is not social networking as defined by Facebook and Myspace, nor are you likely to track down buddies from your fraternity in college on Kluster. Instead, Kluster is like a cross between social networking, think-tanks, and focus groups. But that really doesn’t do justice to the concept of Kluster because unlike social networks the goal isn’t broadcasting your life or connecting with cool dudes or hot chicks and racking up long friends lists. Kluster is about creation.

Here is the general concept.

You create a profile on Kluster that describes your interests and background.
You post, or participate in “Projects”. These “Projects” are websites, products, business ideas that you would like to see become reality.
Users are given “Watts” which are currency. You invest your “Watts” in ideas (yours or others) that you want to see succeed.
You can post a reward on a project, and the payout of that reward goes to users who invested their watts (distributed by % of investment.)
You are not limited to a # of projects, only a finite # of watts - so invest wisely. When your “investment” proves successful, you win back your Watts plus more.

There is more to it, but visit: http://www.kluster.com for the details.

I’m hooked on Kluster. It’s brilliant.

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