edopter - Social Trendcasting
Edopter combines early adopter insight and worldwide buzz to tap into the next big thing.
The website encourages early adopters (or anyone that has stumbled upon something worth sharing) to nominate the new trends in music, fashion, travel locations, restaurants, or anything else. The website compiles information from everyone that agrees with the potential greatness for a given thing, and acts as a stock market ticker for the trend. Trends that gain a large following get more points (popularity is measured by edopter members who support the trend, as well as internet buzz), and individuals that select and follow the most popular trends get points that can be redeemed for prizes. [Via]
While sites like Trendwatching and Springwise do an excellent job of identifying trends, edopter would have to be among the first ones to bring the online social aspect to it.
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