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Dialog, the private network cofounded by Peter Thiel, grades its event attendees on a hidden scale, ranking them by wealth and fame, tracking their relationships, and using algorithms to help decide who they should meet and sit with, WIRED has learned.

The records are part of a trove of internal data received by WIRED from a confidential source, containing the personal information of nearly 200 prominent people scheduled to attend the group's annual retreat this summer. www.wired.com/story/how-pe...

The grades are used in part to determine what attendees are charged to attend Dialog events, which can extend into the tens of thousands of dollars. www.wired.com/story/how-pe...

This is sounding more like a middle school club than one any serious grown ups would participate in.

A middle school club of rich powerful people doing mean things is a common theme in history