Facebook is downshifting
Recent reports on market share have shown that number of users in Facebook is declining in some countries, and phase of rapid growth has been passed. This has happened in countries where Facebook’s share is more than 50%. Other people may think what they want, but I am not that suprised on this phenomena, for … Continue reading
Klout is a-changing
Couple days ago there was a drastic change in Klout. The algorithms calculating the actual scores were changed, which meant that most individual Klout scores changed too. There has been a lot of heated discussion on this matter, and many people have been very disappointed and even angry about this. It seems that some people … Continue reading
Can you trust these influence scores in Social Media – PeerIndex no, Klout maybe
While upgrading the operating systems on several machines I had some extra time, and nothing useful to do. So I decided to delve a little more on this PeerIndex and Klout style measurement on influence in social networks. This time I took certain groups and individuals that I know to have influence (and sometimes lots … Continue reading
PeerIndex and Klout, do they actually measure anything?
Or do they work, for that matter. PeerIndex and Klout are systems that try (and I emphasize the word – try) to measure your influence in our society, but it seems that some people have started to use it as a measure of human value. Just for the fun of it, I tried both of … Continue reading
Born to kill in Facebook
Based on recent events where kidnapper commented the situation and even posted pictures of his hostage on his Facebook account, I kind of expect this to be a rising trend. We will probably see more crime stories on Facebook, where perpetrator himself will update events of hostage situation, mass killing or robbery, and gathering lots … Continue reading
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