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A Different Kind of Klout Score

A new Website will let you know how annoying you are on Twitter. Finally, a rating system that makes sense!
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6/1/2012 11 comments
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jwallace
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Tuesday July 31, 2012 9:28:58 PM
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says I'm a bit of a disposable hygenic bag. Thxnicole. 

Kim Davis
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Friday June 8, 2012 2:32:53 PM
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Look, your Klout score isn't that bad.

Nicole Ferraro
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Friday June 8, 2012 12:44:08 PM
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It seems to use an algorithm to take into account Anger, Retweet Abuse, Social Apps, and English Misuse, but as the founder of the site fairly says, it's not scientific, or it's not any more scientific than Klout is. To me, this site is silly, but it's no more silly than Klout, and I present it as an example of why we shouldn't value Klout scores either.

Kim Davis
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Friday June 8, 2012 12:42:32 PM
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I think it's mainly for fun, but I guess it's running some kind of algorithm.

cjon316
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Friday June 8, 2012 12:35:21 PM
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Is it scientific in any way or just random?

Does it actually take anything into account?

Kim Davis
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Friday June 1, 2012 1:09:23 PM
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Apparently, my wife is "quite a nice person."  But I'm not.  Stupid site.

Kim Davis
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Friday June 1, 2012 1:06:54 PM
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Is it just random?  I get high scores for English misuse, but I'm simply not guilty of using exclamation points of exclamations like OMG.

 

and i never just post in lower case

Mary Jander
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Friday June 1, 2012 12:12:27 PM
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Apparently, I too got points off for re-Tweeting. I guess there are rules written somewhere that I never knew about. Ask me if I care!

Nicole Ferraro
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Friday June 1, 2012 12:07:12 PM
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Looks like we got the same score, Mary, but I'm more in trouble for my Re-Tweeting. Well excuse me KB if I want to share the genius that is @NetEvolution with the rest of the Web!

Mary Jander
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Friday June 1, 2012 12:04:35 PM
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Okay, I scored higher on KB than I did on Klout. Dear me! And my English is apparently to blame!

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Siri vs. Google Voice Search

6|29|12   |   4:03   |   36 comments


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5|1|12   |   4:51   |   19 comments


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4|20|12   |   2:44   |   17 comments


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4|13|12   |   3:05   |   17 comments


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3|30|12   |   2:35   |   21 comments


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3|14|12   |   2:53   |   25 comments


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3|6|12   |   3:15   |   4 comments


At the IBM Pulse conference, executives urged attendees to stop being guided by hype and start thinking about the cloud and other enterprise "toys" in terms of their own business outcomes.
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Goodbye, Real Life. Hello Video in a Hat

3|2|12   |   2:36   |   18 comments


Are you officially done interacting with society? There's a hat for that.
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Performance Reviews Get Crowdsourced

12|21|11   |   2:25   |   3 comments


There's a trend underway to make employee performance reviews everyone's business – letting peers, customers, and direct reports in on rating people's daily doings. Mary gives this a thumbs down.
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12|9|11   |   3:08   |   13 comments


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Kim Davis
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11|17|11   |   2:02   |   5 comments


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11|11|11   |   03:01   |   19 comments


After making an egregious blunder on Twitter, Ashton Kutcher is handing off the task of being informed and sensible to a management team.
Kim Davis
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11|2|11   |   2:31   |   6 comments


Republican candidates are struggling to get a handle on Tweeting effectively.
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9|22|11   |   02:49   |   23 comments


Based on reactions in Nicole's Newsfeed, everyone hates this version of Facebook. This should matter to Facebook now that there's a real competitor on the scene named Google+.
Kim Davis
Facebook as Media Platform? Sigh

9|20|11   |   3:07   |   8 comments


Allowing users to share music and video on Facebook might sound like good news, but is this part of a coherent strategy, or is Facebook just stumbling from idea to idea?
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Facebook's New Friends Lists Make Things Awkward

9|19|11   |   2:07   |   6 comments


Facebook's "Improved Friends Lists" are rolling out, but they're very different from Google+ Circles. The latter are like private labels; you're the only one who sees them. The former are like rooms you can invite visitors to, where they see you and each other. Google's approach is better.
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Groupon's Bad Deal for Employees

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A class action lawsuit alleges that Groupon failed to pay mandated overtime. That's one kind of discount it doesn't want to be known for.
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