3 ms·
Google provides a service: finding content on the internet. We want pagerank because it (presumably) returns quality answers to our questions. Klout and compan
by MDCore 13y ago
Google provides a service: finding content on the internet. We want pagerank because it (presumably) returns quality answers to our questions.
Klout and companies like it (and presumably yours) don't add any value. I can already find people just fine through Twitter or Facebook search. Klout scrapes my data, applies some formula and then tells everyone it means something and tries to convince people I don't know that this number tells them something about me, while trying to convince me that I should do something about that number so that strangers will think better of me.
I already have a job thanks. Klout is not providing a service or adding value. Go away.
- zlatanmenkovic 13y agoIt's perhaps not providing a service directly to you but it is for loads of other people. And don't get me wrong, I'm not defending Klout here, there are loads of stuff if would do different, and we do. I'm trying to get people look at it from a wider perspective. I don't see people complain about karme score's here on HN, reputation on stackoverflow and loads of other site's while it's basically the same. A score that help people make sense out of the content these people are producing.
- MDCore 13y agoIt's not quite the same. Karma/rep on HN, Stackoverflow etc are a core part of the site. Companies like Klout are parasitic. They are doing something with the content I generated and then trying to tell me to do something else "or else" (I'll have a low Klout score). They draw most of their ire because the service is opt-out. Change it to opt-in and only the people who care about Klout will use it and the level of vitriol will go down. Is your service opt-in?