Opt Out of Klout Now • Hacker News Board

Re: Opt Out of Klout Now

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Post by awj » Wed, Jun 26, 2013, 4:22 PM UTC

verticalpalette wrote: post #23

Deestan wrote: post #11

No, I am not going to opt out. 1. A system in which I personally have to contact every scammer that had the same idea is not a system I wish to accept and play along with. 2. By going to their site and authenticating, I have proven to them that I am a) an active user and b) there is a chance they may hold some power over me by collecting my data. While they may make a "promise" not to store my data, they can toss the…

I've already replied to nochuck13's comment, but I'll add it here as well. For #3, access to your public profile AND friend list really is the minimum level of access you can ask from the Facebook API. See https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/login/public-... .

That's nice, but I'm not taking a business like Klout at their word to not use the information. Even if they're only receiving it accidentally.

Re: Opt Out of Klout Now

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Post by mh- » Wed, Jun 26, 2013, 5:08 PM UTC

edent wrote: post #95

mh- wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Linux-on-the-desktop superiority complexes are usually annoying- but this one is especially amusing to me, since you're replying to a thread about discovering a major deficiency in your font rendering.

We all have our blind spots :-)

indeed. I've dealt with, what feels like, every possible font rendering issue on linux. something of a pet peeve of mine. :)

that said: if you have a screenshot of your browser w/ the font showing and what desktop env+browser you're in, I can probably tell you what's wrong.

Re: Opt Out of Klout Now

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Post by nsxwolf » Wed, Jun 26, 2013, 6:10 PM UTC

ohjeez wrote: post #97

nsxwolf wrote: post #96

The Klout score is a joke. My score never falls below 56, which I hear is pretty good, and I am in no way influential. I hardly ever tweet and have maybe 12 followers.

Actually, it's not all that great. That score doesn't suck, but it'd be nothing to brag about (among those for whom Klout scores are any kind of bragging).

Well, honestly, I feel my score should be somewhere near 0. My score is high enough to qualify me for silly promotions like free access to the American Airlines Admiral's Club, and is 10 to 20 points higher than other people I know who I would actually consider influential.