Why Klout's Social Influence Scores Are Nonsense 98
jfruh writes "Klout is a new social media service that attempts to quantify how much 'influence' you have, based on your social media profile. Their metrics are bizarre — privacy blogger Dan Tynan has been rated as highly influential on the topic of cigars, despite having only smoked one, decades ago. Nevertheless, Klout scores have real-world consequences, with people deemed influential getting discounts on concert tickets or free access to airport VIP lounges (in hopes that they'll tweet about it, presumably)."
Klouchebags! (Score:3, Funny)
If I had a person stick their Klout score on their resume I'd beat them with a wiffle bat.
Related: http://www.klouchebag.com/
Call me old school (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Klouchebags! (Score:5, Funny)
I sincerely hope "wiffle" is how you spell "aluminum" in your nation or culture.
Re:A product for a problem that does not exist (Score:5, Funny)
Why can't we just stick to the system that has worked for decades? Judge a man based not on his Klout, but by his penis size or the value of his car.
Re:A product for a problem that does not exist (Score:5, Funny)
I prefer this: http://klouchebag.com/ [klouchebag.com]
Re:A product for a problem that does not exist (Score:4, Funny)
Perhaps they could build one for Aspergers-wannabes
They have [4chan.org]
But it's fun! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I bet my Klout score (Score:5, Funny)
No it isn't. You can't just make this stuff up, you know, there are British people on the internet now.