Cliqset, the social media aggregator service, which launched in August,2008 may not have shut down their shop, ReadWriteWeb reported Social Networking Trailblazers Pull the Plug on Cliqset
Marshall Kirkpatrick at ReadWriteWeb writes:
Cliqset, a website that allows users to view and interact with streams of activity data from multiple social networks in one place, is losing its two co-founders after an unsuccessful run at growing the company. Darren Bounds and Charlie Cauthen led what might have been the single biggest show of startup support for bleeding-edge technical standards aimed at building a federated social Web, rich with consumer choice - but the company's business execution was insufficient to ensure its survival.It quotes Cliqset's president and co-founder Darren Bounds as saying "In order to build a community, you need massive differentiation today," in a talk with Louis Gray.
jacksonville.com reported on Dec 14th, 2010:
Social media aggregator Cliqset Inc., has closed for business. The Jacksonville-based company announced last month that Darren Bounds and Charlie Cauthen were leaving the company, but that it would remain operational for an indeterminate amount of time. The site now displays a "Sorry, we're closed" bannerWhile the Cliqset homepage shows this lightbox type notification saying:
"Sorry WE'RE CLOSED"While on Cliqset's official twitter account is the latest tweet dating 11:15 AM Dec 7th, 2010 saying
Cliqset - Sorry we're closed.with a link to twitpic image:
They are posting that they are closing and that Darren Bounds and Charlie Cauthen President and Vice President were leaving the company but they didn't say they are shutting it all down there is a hope David Kleyla the developer behind Cliqset and Jeff Mehlhoff the designer are still at it. There is still hope they might hire some talent and would put it back on tracks.
Remember sign says they are "closed" not that the restaurant has moved out of here.
And besides David Kleyla and Jeff Mehlhoff put their best work into it they wouldn't want to see their product being abruptly chopped down.
