This could be very dangerous for Americans. It's like a who's who for the entire online world. It seems almost like a TV show episode. The nerds in the basement do their algorithms and internet magic to compile a list of the most important people in the world. The site takes in all of your social media profiles and measures the amount of popularity you have "klout" if you will. I am going to try to avoid this website at all costs. I know that if I get on to that site I will be trapped in its web. Constantly checking my klout rating. I did look at the homepage though. The guy on the front looks like he has about as much "klout" as a newborn baby. For those of you feeling adventurous the website is Klout.com (Join at your own risk).
Bonnie Stewart does make a good argument though. The website is basically wrong. It can't assess your influence in your community, circle of friends, or school. Just because someone retweets your tweet about the math test doesn't mean you have influence, and when you try to boil something as vague as social influence your number just doesn't do you justice.
Article: Klout is bad for your soul
I read a little bit into the article, and then I even looked at the website for Klout... it's a little bizarre. It's almost like a 'whose hot and whose not' list that you see the quote-un-quote "popular" girls in high school make... it just sounds like a bad episode of something like Hannah Montana, or a real-world attempt at Gossip Girl...
ReplyDeleteIt's just a little weird, to be frank, and will mostly likely just end up as another thing that Americans will obsess themselves over.