Klout
Meet Klout, A Hardcore Band That Serves a Scowl with the Growl
The South Florida band share their debut cassette and offer some insight into the local scene.
Whatever Happened to Klout?
The influence-measuring algorithm is still very much alive, but in a different form.
Peeple Has Backtracked to the Point of Pointlessness
Peeple vs. the people: how the internet won against the "Yelp for people."
Transforming Internet Gold Into IRL Paper Collages
Tumblr artist Daniel Kolitz takes the electricity out of the internet with these paper collages of popular websites.
Trust Me, I'm Cool (An App)
Here's the thing with regard to relative coolness: it's good to be cool and it's hip to be square; no one likes to party with losers and if you'd like to have a say, it's important to stay on top of trends. Being cool is different than being "popular...
Shedding Light on Klout's Black Box: An Interview with Klout Founder Joe Fernandez
As you probably won’t recall, I recently posted a piece that examined the Klout scores of dead celebrities. A few hours later, I got a tweet from the site’s creator, Joe Fernandez: Joe Fernandez@JoeFernandez @danstuckey Only thing I am sad about...
Even the Dead Have Klout
Ok, I've been messing around with Klout, the site that tries to tell me how much I matter and how much of a shit people could give about what I say on social networks. After posting a Klout-generated tweet, I quickly deleted it, realizing the implicite...
ONES AND ZEROS: Facebook Christian Rock, IPO OGs, iPod Watches Are Getting Out of Hand
"Ones and Zeros":http://motherboard.tv/profiles/ones_and_zeros/posts is Motherboard's weekly investigation into the strange particle accelerator that is the internet.
Your Online Influencer Score Is Your New Credit Score
As you must know if you're a responsible and eager social media self-promoter, "Klout":http://www.klout.com and its ilk are in the business of "rating your internet influence":http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/sunday-review/26rosenbloom.html. And in...