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Dec. 12, 2011

Courtney Hunt and 1 other person commented on this post

Much Ado about Klout

Thanks for your thoughtful comment, Robert. I left a response on my blog post as well.
I haven't seen too many people defending Klout in the recent brouhaha - other than Klout folks, of course. Most of the responses to the newly-impassioned critics that I've seen ... more

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May 26, 2011

Robert Keahey and 2 other people answered this question

In your world, how much clout does Klout have?

I signed up for Klout out of morbid curiosity. I'm about to "unsubscribe". What I have found is that Klout is (1) unreliable and (2) irrelevant. With respect to the first point, my "score" dropped 5 points in one day and then 3 days later ... more

Feb. 24, 2011

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How do you use influence measuring sites (e.g Klout, Peer Index, Twitter Grader)?

There are absolutely commercial uses - as these scores get integrated into CRM applications (both marketing and customer care) they will reinvent how customers are treated. For instance, marketers are already using Klout scores to target potential high-value, influential consumers - and some CRM vendors ... more

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