12 Things Klout Says I’m More Influential About Than Money
Do you have Klout? I have a Klout account. I know, I know, I know, but five years ago, I worked at a startup with a guy named Joe Fernandez. He was our chief technology officer—a really nice guy—and after he left, he started a company called Klout and encouraged me to check it out. As it were, I should have very little Klout because the site measures your social media influence, and I rarely use Facebook, and tweet something maybe just once or twice a day.
What I do like about Klout is that sometimes they offer me “perks” for no reason other than they thought I was influential for a second. I was once sent a $25 Macy’s gift card because I was considered influential about shopping during the holidays.
One thing I don’t get about Klout is how they decide what topics you’re influential about. If my Klout is based on social media, you’d think that writing about money every day, and telling all my friends on Facebook and Twitter to read The Billfold a million times would make money the topic I’m most influential about at the moment. It is not—it’s number 13 on the list. Apparently, I’m more influential about 12 other topics. Here are those topics:
12. Comics
11. Moms
10. Camera
9. Community
8. Taxes
7. Ducks
6. Advertising
5. Movies
4. Tony Awards
3. Dance
2. Ben Folds
1. Doritos
[Update: Thanks for making me influential about money, you guys!]
oh yes. most certainly, you have influenced me numerous times to alter or more deeply consider my feelings regarding ducks.
According to Klout, I am influential about one thing. That thing is fondue. World, I think I’m done here.
If you ever write a book, I hope it’s called “Ducks, Dance and Doritos According to Dang”
I only ever blog or tweet about international development and development economics (I think maybe once about “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and maybe a couple of times about rap songs) and Klout has me as influential about “Tiger Woods” and “moms.”
Also, I fucking hate Klout.
@stuffisthings I spoke too soon. Klout just notified me that I am now considered influential about Luxembourg.
Then again, I’d much rather receive a free junket to Luxembourg than some coupons for diapers or golf balls or divorce attorneys or whatever.
@stuffisthings Maybe “moms” is a roundabout your-mom joke if they don’t consider you very good at anything?
I am considered influential about Cars and Cats. Neither of which I own.
I did get some lovely Moo.com business cards from Klout, so, thanks, I guess?
My Klout score is 50. What does this mean? This seems low.
@Rebecca Pederson@facebook Also I am most influential about Rush Limbaugh, then surgeries, then brownies, then nothing else. I kind of like this.
I think, Mike, that you’re influential about how Klout is useless.
Ducks?
Do you know the ducks joke? The punch line is, “Ducks?”
Mine are really weird too. Like my top ones are Magazines (which makes sense), Toronto (not really? Though I do live here), Business (hell NO), and Coffee (I have never, ever tweeted about coffee). The main things I talk about on social media are: video games, TV, and food, and also I promote any articles I’m writing, which are usually about beauty or fashion or one of the aforementioned things.
MIKE DANG TELL ME ABOUT DORITOS!!
I apparently can influence people on: cookies, museums, cupcakes, and pinot noir. I’ll take it.
Mine originally told me that I was influential about “flu,” which I assume means they think I am perpetually contagious?
I am influential about hot dogs and Radiohead. Strangely, that sounds about right.