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Why Klout Doesn’t Measure True Influence

Waxing UnLyrical

I’ll admit that it’s fun to bash Klout. I have the belief that, despite what Klout says, it ties a large part of how “influential” you are directly to how much you tweet. That’s my Klout score over the past several weeks. This is the main reason I just can’t take Klout incredibly seriously.

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#measurePR Aug. 21, ’12: How Much #kred Does #klout Have?

Waxing UnLyrical

The August 21 #MeasurePR chat was a fun and lively discussion about a few topics of interest to measurement geeks—including the notorious topic we love to pick apart: Klout. Here are some highlights: Klout has recently made changes to its algorithm, many of which appear to be in response to (heavy) criticism of the “influence” tool.

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Why Critics of Klout Are Missing the Big Picture

Convince & Convert

Other than signing book deals, the favorite sport of the social media punditry these days seems to be bashing Klout. The most recent example was from B2B social media thinker Paul Gillin who wrote a post unveiling the flaws in Klout’s ranking scheme. they shout. “It’s a bastardization!

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25 Social Media Pet Peeves – How Many Are You Doing?

SocMed Sean

A while back, I asked a fairly straight-forward question on my Facebook page : What is your social media pet peeve? The value, here, is to help each of us understand what irritates other people in the realm of social media. 25 social media pet peeves. What’s yours? So…here they are.

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Klout for Enterprise 2.0 Networks is a Bad Idea

Social Media Strategery

I then read " Enterprise Social Networks, Performance Reviews, and Company Culture ," on the Social Media Club DC blog that rightfully (and thankfully!) Bringing Klout to the Enterprise? takes issue with this idea of ranking people's influence on these internal networks.

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Klout, the Super Bowl, and Our Addiction to Shooting the Messenger

Convince & Convert

Two weeks ago, I received a Klout Perk to be part of the Social 46, a gathering of Indiana’s top social media influencers. I do not know how many of the 46 were “found” by Klout versus already known by the committee, and it’s not particularly relevant.

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Salorix Launches AI-Powered Predictive Influencer Marketing And Social Media Management Platform

The Realtime Report

This is the problem that Salorix is trying to solve with a new social media management platform called Amplfy 2.0, Amplfy goes way beyond using a one-dimensional Klout score to rank influencers. Step one is obviously to monitor the conversations–Amplfy monitors Twitter (via Gnip), Facebook (public posts) and blogs.