I was aware that something was afoot and checked the score from my iPhone while travelling ….

So – this is an opprtunity for the competition to “dig in”, but the main one @Peerindex – decides that discretion is the better part of valour and comments thus:

Don’t worry. Be circumspect (and happy)
Our Twitter stream has been abuzz with people complaining about how Klout, a company measuring social influence, changed its scoring methodology last night.
As another player in a similar space, we can speak from some experience when we say to consumers: ‘Don’t worry too much’.

So – looking around my own Tweetstream for appropriate comment, what did I find … ?

So – what’s my view? 

My own view is quite calm, though being frank, as a Social Pro with a business stream riding on my reputation – I wish these guys would be a little less clumsy in their implementations. 

AND though I do think that these measurements are a bit dodgy sometimes – I know that as the Social Ecosphere is used for marketing purposes, just like the press, there will inevitably be some metrics for volume, target market and quality. 
So I’m with @azeem in reality …

The Facebook Factor.
My Facebook account was already connected to Klout, though it isn’t a place that I use for much in my current model of Social Business interaction. 

But I think the feeling exists that the algorithm change swung the measure in favour of Facebook and away from Twitter as the dominant measured transaction flow.

Does it matter anyway …?

And there appears to be a #PRIVACY concern rearing its head, which I’ve yet to fully understand …

So – is Klout on its way out? 

To wrap up … I’m in favour of these measurement systems. 

They have to develop. 

There are going to be many in the short and medium term, coming down to just a few that matter in the longer term.