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I, too, have a random number generator that I am willing to part with on very reasonable terms, cash/equity split negotiable.
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> "But in our universe, people saw the algorithm as hackneyed, particularly when Justin Bieber had a higher Klout score than the US president." Maybe Klout was wrong with this particular arrangement, or maybe your assumptions about who has more influence are wrong. Ever thought about that? After all, "entertainment clout" can be very quickly capitalized as "political clout", as Mr. Terminator has demonstrated. When i…
I respectfully disagree with your argument because that's not the one I'm making. I think the general consensus from Klout detractors is that a single "score" cannot encompass someone's influence. Some people are more influential in certain circles than others. Of course, there is a broad-based influence score you can apply to people, in the same manner that Super Bowl ads are expensive because they reach a broad-bas…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> "But in our universe, people saw the algorithm as hackneyed, particularly when Justin Bieber had a higher Klout score than the US president." Maybe Klout was wrong with this particular arrangement, or maybe your assumptions about who has more influence are wrong. Ever thought about that? After all, "entertainment clout" can be very quickly capitalized as "political clout", as Mr. Terminator has demonstrated. When i…
I respectfully disagree with your argument because that's not the one I'm making. I think the general consensus from Klout detractors is that a single "score" cannot encompass someone's influence. Some people are more influential in certain circles than others. Of course, there is a broad-based influence score you can apply to people, in the same manner that Super Bowl ads are expensive because they reach a broad-bas…
As a startup founder, let me take the contrarian view on this because I can see how it all went wrong. Klout, for the most part, had a very ambitious goal. Given all our activity (direct or indirect) that is being captured on social networks and general internet activity, there was some inherent value (which we'll call a "clout score") in just knowing who was the "most popular" on these networks. Now imagine you took…
Instead, people like myself saw humor in gaming the system a bit, so I quickly was in the top 3 "influencers" of ridiculous things, like Whitney Houston knowledge.
It is too bad, because when I first heard of the idea, it seemed like a huge step in social media. But I think your right, this first attempt might have spoiled the concept a bit.
As a startup founder, let me take the contrarian view on this because I can see how it all went wrong. Klout, for the most part, had a very ambitious goal. Given all our activity (direct or indirect) that is being captured on social networks and general internet activity, there was some inherent value (which we'll call a "clout score") in just knowing who was the "most popular" on these networks. Now imagine you took…
It really was a massive and admirable goal. Klout as you described could quickly become one of the most important tools of the web. Instead, people like myself saw humor in gaming the system a bit, so I quickly was in the top 3 "influencers" of ridiculous things, like Whitney Houston knowledge. It is too bad, because when I first heard of the idea, it seemed like a huge step in social media. But I think your right, t…
As a startup founder, let me take the contrarian view on this because I can see how it all went wrong. Klout, for the most part, had a very ambitious goal. Given all our activity (direct or indirect) that is being captured on social networks and general internet activity, there was some inherent value (which we'll call a "clout score") in just knowing who was the "most popular" on these networks. Now imagine you took…
It really was a massive and admirable goal. Klout as you described could quickly become one of the most important tools of the web. Instead, people like myself saw humor in gaming the system a bit, so I quickly was in the top 3 "influencers" of ridiculous things, like Whitney Houston knowledge. It is too bad, because when I first heard of the idea, it seemed like a huge step in social media. But I think your right, t…
Klout did have a cool looking office for sure. Hard to find that in SF today.