The problem with Klout is us
There's a lot being written about Klout at the moment, people for it and against it. Most of the discourse seems to be about how the score is generated and what 'influence' in this context means.
Klout scores are generated from levels of social networking activity, and Klout says this equals social influence - which in a very blunt way it does. It's true that your score is a measure of engagement but it's a very crude metric that needs careful qualification.
The problem is that people don't read it like this, because Klout feeds a very human tendency we all share by fueling our instinctive self-regard, insecurities and narcissism.
