Klout Changes posts, articles, and infographics

Who Actually Influences You?

December 5, 2011 by Cliff Figallo
with 1,281 views

"Klout claims to have millions of registered members, some of whom are actively trying to raise their Klout scores, thinking that those high scores will reap meaningful benefits. And, indeed, some may have realized some benefits. But for most of us trying to make a living using social media, influence is something that comes back to you socially, through people you have truly influenced - people you have helped to change." [read more]

Klout: 2.5 Million Profiles Deleted? Or 5,000? Or What?

December 5, 2011 by Rohn Jay Miller
with 631 views

Dutch blogger Martijn Linnsen has reviewed a random sample of 18,000+ Klout profiles captured prior to November 1 and found approximately 2.5% were no longer active on December 1. Klout claims to have more than 100 million profiles in its system, so this could mean hundreds of thousands of Klout profiles have been deleted by users since the "delete your profile" option was first offered by Klout on November 1. [read more]

Don't Trust Klout

December 5, 2011 by Luke Stokes
with 1,885 views

There was a lot of hubbub on the interwebs when Klout recently changed their scoring algorithm to make things more accurate. The problem is, they still haven't figured it out and according to this ZDNET article describing the craziness, your score does actually matter for your career and possibly the level of customer service you receive... [read more]

Flout Without Klout!

December 4, 2011 by Nikki Peters
with 1,442 views

"That's right, whether you want to be modest or live up to a God complex, you set your own score. from zero to a billion, how influential do you think you should be?" [read more]

Why You Should Boycott Klout Now

December 3, 2011 by Hollis Tibbetts
with 4,528 views

Klout is on a mission to change your life at a financial, social and personal level - yet they've completely failed to measure up to any reasonable level of transparency, accountability or responsibility. Why would you support such a company? You shouldn't. That's why you need to boycott Klout. [read more]

It's Not About Klout!

December 3, 2011 by John Serpa
with 982 views

Photo by maraculio via Flickr, Creative Commons

"The stark reality is that how we perceive ourselves, and that of others, can prime the mind’s pump resulting in either productive or detrimental outcomes—both with influence and productivity." [read more]

Social Media Cries a River: Thank You, Klout

November 30, 2011 by Andy Gonzalez
with 1,147 views

J.D.S./shutterstock

"Klout measures the influence of your message. When your message is not influential to your OWN network of followers, why on Earth should it matter how many people follow you, re-tweet you, or @-mention you?" [read more]

Five Questions Klout Can't Answer

November 29, 2011 by Rohn Jay Miller
with 3,829 views

Before moving on to more pressing issues in social media let me nail to the wall this one final post about Klout. CEO Joe Fernandez made himself available for interviews last week including one with me. .Except, well, Joe still didn’t answer the big questions that were asked by bloggers after revelations about minors, privacy, transparency and accuracy issues with Klout. Here are five questions that remain unanswered by Klout. And I don’t expect clear, accountable answers any time soon: [read more]

Klout is not all about “Me Myself and I” [Opinion]

November 25, 2011 by Anne Diamantidis
with 648 views

"Stop that stupid revolution of “Oh God, I hate Klout, how could they do this to me, I’m going to protest and delete my profile” because Klout could not care less. You think you are depriving Klout from your presence?" [read more]

Klout's Growing the Influence Pie - Video of VP Matt Thomson

November 22, 2011 by Cliff Figallo
with 406 views

At the WOMMA Summit, Klout's VP of Platform, Matt Thomson, was part of a panel titled "Debating the Measurement Methods of Online Influence." This is a video of his description of Klout's business philosophy. [read more]

Klout CEO Joe Fernandez Responds to Critics

November 21, 2011 by Rohn Jay Miller
with 5,178 views

A week ago I wrote "Delete Your Klout Profile Now!" a passionate call for people to opt-out of Klout, the company in the business of measuring a person's "social influence." The post was read by more than 12,000 people and re-posted 2,200 times. In the spirit of fairness I submitted a list of questions to Klout CEO Joe Fernandez and he agreed to respond. I promised to run his answers verbatim. Here's my questions and Fernandez' answers to criticisms about Klout. [read more]

Why I Deleted My Klout Profile

November 20, 2011 by Pam Moore
with 14,872 views

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I am a geek at heart, a lover of data, analytics, measurement, and ability to provide and measure real return on investment. When Klout launched I was one of their first fans. It was exciting to see something that could possibly help us finally begin to start measuring and justifying the hours we spent on the social networks... [read more]

Lies, Damned Lies and Klout Lies

November 17, 2011 by Hollis Tibbetts
with 2,462 views

It seemed like good news when Klout announced that users could delete their own profiles. For a company that has been known for double-speak, it seemed too good to be true. Guess what – it was. [read more]

Of Kutchers and Klouts

November 16, 2011 by Mac Ocampo
with 252 views

Ashton Kutcher saw a headline about Penn State football coach Joe Paterno getting the boot and tweeted about the controversial issue and defended Paterno, saying “How do you fire Jo Pa? #insult #noclass as a hawkeye fan I find it in poor taste.” Thing is, Kutcher didn’t seem to read all the details because one of Paterno’s assistants had 40 counts of sexual abuse of children and didn’t report it to authorities. [read more]

Exposed - Klout Scores: Still Garbage After All These Days

November 15, 2011 by Hollis Tibbetts
with 2,347 views

Guess what – Klout scores are garbage. They were garbage before, and they're garbage now. I just proved it. [read more]

Delete Your Klout Profile Now!

November 9, 2011 by Rohn Jay Miller
with 14,806 views

"The fundamental evil of Klout is that it’s just a venture capital-backed company looking to leverage into a big IPO payday and the only value proposition they offer is their ability to identify, train and exploit people they can sell to advertisers as “key influencers,” The entire social rating concept is ethically bankrupt. [read more]

The Klout Score: 3 Easy Ways To Become More Influential

November 4, 2011 by John Luginbill
with 3,320 views

A Klout Score guide describing the basics and recent algorithm changes that have caused much of an uproar in the social media world. The post also lends 3 easy ways to become more influential. [read more]

Klout and Social Media Influence Scoring - Get Used to It

November 3, 2011 by Hollis Tibbetts
with 1,417 views

Social Media Influence Scoring (like PROskore or Klout) is here to stay – get used to it. It’s not useful to judge it as good or bad. It’s useful and it’s profitable. Just like Fair Isaac’s FICO scores. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, they’re here to stay. That doesn't mean that Klout is here to stay, though. [read more]

How Klout Klunked

November 3, 2011 by Chas Begley
with 1,078 views

"In an ideal world Klout would have changed their metric calculations slowly by increments and lessen the A-bomb effect of doing it all in one go. This would also have had the benefit of retaining the historical scores and allow those that care about Klout to alter their online behaviour accordingly." [read more]

5 Insights from #KloutChat & Klout's Roadmap

November 3, 2011 by Christel Quek
with 983 views

Klout hosted their November KloutChat yesterday at 3PM PST (6AM SGT). As expected, the flurry of tweets (as seen from the search of #KloutChat) came in fast and furious, with many blasting Klout for their lowered Klout scores and the seeming lack of transparency over the changes in the Klout algorithm. However, to their credit, they were gracious with their replies. [read more]