Charles Stross has described the klout service as “the internet equivalent of herpes”.
Charles Stross raises a good point that services like this demonstrate how 3rd parties can data-mine information about an individual without their permission or awareness – amplifying internet privacy issues in general.
Personally I find services like Klout that generate “social media scores” to be yet another passing social media fad with no real value for users other then entertainment.
BTW, my klout score is here
http://klout.com/#/brianhurley
. lol.
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