| Klout was scoring people without asking them, leading to a lot of people getting low scores (effectively being told "you suck at social media"). When there was no opt-out, people felt like they were being cajoled into playing a game that they don't want to play. (Similar concerns were raised about Get Satisfaction.) "there are many people who don’t wish to be a part of a non-regulated system, and one that can (rightly or wrongly) be used as a third-party validator for expertise." http://dannybrown.me/2011/10/25/a-letter-to-joe-fernandez-of... "People are emotionally attached to their score. It is tied to their ego" It seems mean to go around telling people they suck, especially when those people never asked Klout's opinion. This is like Zynga-style dark gamification. "Just as an SAT score is used to judge students and a credit score is used to judge financial standing, Fernandez hopes that the Klout score will become an ingredient in job interviews." So not only does Klout tell everyone that you suck, but they want to hurt your career, too. http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/community/2011/11/03/klout-... Counterpoint: http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/26/nobody-gives-a-damn-about-y... |