Whats New With Klout & Why Justin Bieber Hates It!

Have you checked your KLOUT score lately?  This week, the influence-measurement site launched major changes to its platform.  The updates are all reflected in a new algorithm determining the almighty Klout score.  The new scores factor in more data points (now 12 million compared to the previous 1 million) and include your influence on Twitter, Google+, Foursquare, Facebook, LinkedIn, Klout (through +K's received) and, for the first time ever, real-world influence through Wikipedia. 

This Wikipedia element is what some celebrities are finding to be a Klout katastrophe!  Justin Bieber, previously the only person with a perfect 100 Klout Score, watched his score decrease by almost 10 points.  Why?  Bieber has such a huge and cult-like following on Twitter that his score was puffed up beyond his true influence.  Now that Wikipedia is factored into the mix, his score has been humbled to a more realistic (yet still quite impressive) number.  Sorry Biebs, but you are still doing pretty well!

Next step for Klout looks to be a News-Feed like stream they call "Moments".  Keep a look out for that and be sure to check in with me here at Social Media Diva to find out the latest once it goes public!

Has your Klout score changed?  What do you think of the updates?

Happy Social Media Day!

You know you've hit it big when you have a day of the year dedicated to you.  I'm still waiting for Social Media Diva Day.  It has a nice ring to it, don't you think!

In the meantime, Social Media Day is here!  This Saturday, June 30th is Mashable's 3rd annual Social Media Day!  Started in 2010 by Mashable, the worldwide event is a celebration of "the digital revolution happening right before our eyes"!

Here's my challenge for you for Social Media Day 2012. Learn something new.

Yup, that's it.  Seems simple, huh?  And guess what!?  It IS simple! 

There are so many amazing sites that can simplify, deepen or enhance your life and your learning.  I've listed several of them below.  I want you to sign up for one of these, create a username and spend an hour digging around on the site.  Get involved in the conversation and the community.  And let me know what you learn.  I can't wait to hear about it.

http://www.facebook.com/ (really?  If you aren't on Facebook yet, we need to talk!)                  
http://www.tumblr.com/
 http://www.pinterest.com/
http://www.instagram.com/ http://www.meetup.com/                                                                                                                   http://www.twitter.com/
 http://www.digg.com/                                                                                                                       http://www.flickr.com/
 http://www.youtube.com/                                                                                                                 http://www.blogger.com/
 http://www.klout.com/                                                                                                                      http://www.reddit.com/
 https://plus.google.com/                                                                                                           http://www.stumbleupon.com/

 Bonus points:  Logon to to http://mashable.com/smday/ to see if there is a Meetup scheduled in your hometown.  You are sure to meet a ton of people and learn.   Strange enough, here in LA, our Meetup currently has no details!  But social media lovers are biting at the opportunity.   If deets aren't up soon, this is going to be a crowd sourced event!!!