[mountainair]

You're right. Klout as a standalone service was unviable from the beginning. Especially in light of the up-and-coming services like Quora, Thoughtly, Medium, etc., that actually attempt to measure and curate according to the quality of the person talking, Klout is extremely lucky to be making their exit now.

[nailer]

Quora was a bait and switch, much less ethical than Klout. Medium is a self indulgent blogging echo chamber.