Nothing wrong with that when it's transparent – Klout is about $ values, to marketers for information about you and your online behaviours, and to you, as suggested in the infographic. The more you surface yourself online, the greater the potential for upping your Klout score. Thus, more information Klout's customers obtain about you, the more they can promote things to you, and the more opportunities there will be for you to get stuff. So it's not about your "influence"…

That prediction of 400m users by end of 2012 is perfectly feasible based on the metrics as presented and the subsequent assumptions. Wonder what the numbers look like for active users, however that's defined – no mention/prediction. Reshared post from +Paul Allen Google+ Growth Accelerating. Passes 62 million users. Adding 625,000 new users per day. Prediction: 400 million users by end of 2012. Google+ is adding new users at a very rapid pace. It may be the holidays, the TV…

I'm thankful my own experience when working for big enterprises wasn't as bad as portrayed in this post (although I do recall carrying 3.5" floppy disks around in those "pioneering days" in the late 90s). What's your experience like? Embedded Link Another View on The Consequences of BYOD Saying "'Bring Your Own Device' is an IT "trend" is like saying peanut butter in school lunches is a trend. It's not a trend, but it's a … Google+: View post on…