Tinkering with Social Systems

I wonder how control theory might play into this

Klout as a metric

social systems as dynamic systems

Klout measures influence by using data points from Twitter, such as following count, follower count, retweets, list memberships, how many spam/dead accounts are following you, how influential the people who retweet you are and unique mentions.

What features does a person with high influence have

Can we try to make a person have high influence

In November 2015 Klout released an academic paper discussing their methodology at the IEEE BigData 2015 Conference.[25]

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September 2011: Klout integrates with Google+.[27]

October 2011: Klout changes its scoring algorithm lowering many scores and creating complaints.[28]

November 2011: Klout partners with Wahooly for their beta launch.[29]

January 2012: Klout was able to raise an estimated $30 million from a host of venture capital firms.[30]

February 2012: Klout acquires local and mobile neighborhood app Blockboard.[31]

May 2012: Klout announces growth of 2000 new partners over a one-year period.[32]

August 14, 2012: Klout went through another algorithm change.

September 2012: Microsoft announces a strategic investment in Klout for an undisclosed sum.

March 28, 2013: Klout announces inclusion of Instagram analytics in factoring Klout scores.[33]

May 13, 2013: Klout users had claimed more than 1 million Perks across over 400 campaigns.

February 2014: Klout is expected to be acquired by social media company, Lithium Technologies, for $100 million or more.The contract has been signed, but not closed.[34]

March 27, 2014: Lithium Technologies acquired Klout.

September 14, 2015: Engagement on YouTube content will be factored into the Klout Score

October 29, 2015: Klout exposed inner workings of the Klout Score.[35]

Other metrics

Engagio

Close.com

commun.it

Kred influence management

PeerIndex

why try to build people of influence? why not try to make media of influence?