With social- and professional networking on the web being the flavour of the day, one's first reaction to a new network might be negative.

"Though Leader", however, is not a social- or professional network in the true sense of the word. For that purpose ample social- and professional networks exist, i.e. Facebook, MySpace, Linkedin, etc. I am personally well acquainted with some of these networks, and also a member with a number of them.

According to Wikipedia "Thought Leader" is a buzzword or article of jargon used to describe a futurist or person who is recognized among their peers and mentors for innovative ideas and demonstrates the confidence to promote or share those ideas as actionable distilled insights (thinklets). Visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_leader for the full description as per Wikipedia.