[brd]

I always thought Klout was a useless vanity metric. Since starting a company that operates in the social listening space I've had chances to do quick sanity checks against Klout scores and they've proven to be consistently less than useful.

Good riddance indeed.

[majewsky]

> social listening

What?

[brd]

"Big data" analytics pointed specifically at social media data. Netbase and Crimson Hexagon are two good examples of incumbents in the space.

[wu_tang_chris]

it's like bullshit, but smells worse