First, apologies to anyone suffering Klout burnout here – but sometimes a topic has more than just a simple viewpoint. And that privacy has (potentially) been broken by Klout. was on Facebook today, and my friend Tonia Ries  asked about Klout’s ability to make profiles, when users haven’t connected their details with the service. pointed her to the response from Megan Berry , Klout’s marketing manager, where she says if we don’t want to be tracked, then to make our social feeds private. ” Seriously, Klout? MORE >>

November, 1 2011: As of today you can request complete opt-out of your Klout account! Login your Klout account —> profile settings —> if you would like to delete your account press here! Your account will be removed, note that will take up to 7 days to get removed from Klout API. It is recommended that you still revoke all access of Klout as well. It clearly shows that Klout is not disabling the accounts but, only masking the accounts with a landing page, which advises the user that his account was disabled. Klouts disabling is deceptive. MORE >>

Last week I wrote, “Klout Story Part 1 – Are you reading between the lines? ” , which concentrated on some of Klout’s privacy issues. Klout’s Marketing Manager, Ms. In her reply she said that Klout gathers public information to create a Klout profile and that they don't breach any privacy issue by doing so. ” This means that protected accounts cannot be read, ranked or categorized by third parties such as Klout. Are Klout’s statements accurate? Widikidiw – Klout. AA_DF – Klout. MORE >>

Klout recently changed their Klout scoring algorithm. This was good for some people (my Klout score went from 60 to 81) while disappointing for others; Justin Bieber went from 100 to 92. For those that want to increase their Klout score you really need to understand these new changes. Barack Obama now has the highest Klout Score at 99. Below is a quick summary of the algorithm that produces your Klout Score: How the Klout Score is Calculated. was fortunate to be positively impacted by the new Klout Score going from 60 to 81 - Erik Qulaman. MORE >>

Until this week, online influence rating service Klout failed to earn the respect of media influentials, which obviously is more than a little embarrassing. The Klout Controversy. Klout measures online influence via such actions as comments, likes, and shares, depending upon the respective social media channel. You can learn more about how your Klout score is calculated here. One inherent challenge for Klout is that not all measured actions carry the same weight. For The reason is that just like Google, Klout now favors content creators. MORE >>