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by rednaught 5346 days ago
Am I the only one who's never heard of Klout until now? To me, they've failed at their own service.

So for an individual, Klout just reaffirms one's ego and then rewards with special opportunities for consumerism?

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I'm sure you're not the only one who hasn't heard of it until now, but I've been using it for awhile and it's actually pretty useful. I like their topics feature. I can see who the most influential people are in the "startup" topic and immediately start interfacing with them via Twitter.

I'm part of the 50% of Twitter users who are active every day, so I can see why if you're a part of the other 50%, or you just don't use Twitter at all, this wouldn't be very appealing.

Heard of it months and months ago, but otherwise your opinions are common to pretty much everyone I know.
So a startup has failed if it is growing fast but hasn't totally won at the point in time you happen to hear of them?