Forbes’ Top Social Media Companies to Watch in 2015 list. Social sharing is so web 2.0 -- Heard is a living, breathing content exchange. Heard automatically matches content to the best possible audience, whether it's 1 person or 1 million, allowing users to connect without the hassle of friends, followers or searching. Now with Funny or Die, The Huffington Post, Photos and Politics channels. -- Description -- At a party, crowds gather around people who have thought-provoking ideas or a reputation for entertaining stories. The crowds are continuously being formed and dispersed based on who is talking, what is being said and what partygoers are interested in. Heard works the same way; enabling content to find audiences that care, and creators to achieve distribution that matters. -- How It Works -- Heard does not use friends, followers or personal information to function. Instead, the system uses reputation, performance and feedback signals to continuously and dynamically match content. -- Identity and Trust -- Our proprietary badging system helps users make trust decisions about content. Heard’s badges are based on securely verified facts about users (e.g. where they work, industry expertise, association memberships). Once verified, users can choose how they are identified on each post or comment by attaching badges and profile info that is relevant to the conversation. Badges are double-blind encrypted so that no one is able to discover the information that was used to obtain the badge, only that is has been verified. Heard’s "Life In Your Social Network" web series ft. Gilbert Gottfried: http://youtu.be/3XnvSseYWDI?list=PLHMHKjcyEiurIp01wIUG5N6ugs7sVKDnK For updates, follow us on twitter @heardteam Download and Be Heard today!