Using a Social Media Rating to Help People, Not Judge Them

Nick Bilton:

While sites like Klout move us closer to this future, with elaborate algorithms that are said to highlight importance, there is an opportunity for companies to use this data for good, making people’s lives more meaningful. In this ethical future, companies do not just use these products to determine if someone is important or not, but rather to extrapolate people’s preferences and help them find the things they need.

Exactly.