All social platforms today perpetuate the notion of online clout. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. If you have some, you get some more. If you have none, you’re speaking into the void.But clout isn’t necessarily proportional to valuable insights. The content you discover on Twitter and Linkedin today is heavily biased by the perceived brand of the author. We’ve all seen those existential one-liners from folks with 100K+ followers that make us go…er….what now?This platform called Soufflé Club suspected that the reputation of the writer skewed people’s perception of an answer — that if people were forced to focus on the content rather than the writer’s reputation, they’d discover compelling new people. Turns out they're right!When the identity of authors is temporarily anonymized, it does a few things.It creates a level playing field for all authors. In each new poll, you start with a clean slate and have a shot at winning entirely because of how insightful and substantive your answer is.But the anonymity is temporary, so when the poll ends, you get credit for the great answers that you write.There’s no downside to writing an answer. Your identity is revealed only to people who vote for you, or if you turn out to be a top author. So it makes it easier to voice your opinion.So I posted this here because I stronogly believe that entrepreneurs like me need this! We can build new connections even if we're nobody. Or even just stay in touch with the views of investors, other successful business owners, or even improve our writing skills.Hope this helps - I'd love to hear what everyone thinks of the platform.PS - this is not self promotion :) I have not included a link to their website...And a disclaimer - I did paste the points from a post of theirs. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy
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