Nowhere to Hide: Assessing Your Work Reputation Online

"By now if you haven’t heard of Klout and in a moment of vanity checked your own Klout score, you’re in the online minority. "<p>I have not checked my Klout score, and indeed until just now had no idea what Klout actually was. When I looked at Klout's homepage, it requires a Twitter account to search for someone. I don't use Twitter and I know I'm not the only one, so I think this is pretty bogus as far as a reputation measurement goes.<p>I don't know how how this guy has decided that means I'm in an online minority, but I do know that his Bartonphink score just took a dip.

I hate Klout scores. HATE. But once they evolve, so they're less gameable, those in charge of hiring will definitely pay attention.

When and if Klout (or something like it) becomes as ubiquitous as this article predicts, then we should expect a giant upsurge in inane tweet-farming around professional topics. I don't see how anyone benefits from the world thus created.<p>Would much rather live in a Klout + Quora world than a Klout + Twitter world.