John Y’s Musings from the Middle: KLOUT Overreach?

KLOUT overreach?

We’ve all heard about the KLOUT hype-mania with employers asking job applicants about their KLOUT scores and using it to decide who gets hired….but this is going too far.

Depression symptoms include:

1. Feelings of sadness or unhappiness
2. Irritability or frustration, even over small matters
3. Loss of interest or pleasure in normal activities
4. Reduced sex drive
5. Insomnia or excessive sleeping
6. Changes in appetite
7. Feelings of worthlessness or guilt,
8. Trouble thinking, concentrating, making decisions and remembering things
9. A lowered KLOUT score

For some people, depression symptoms are so severe that it’s obvious something isn’t right. Other people feel generally miserable or unhappy without really knowing why.
But a drop in one’s KLOUT score of 3 or more points within a few weeks is usually an unambiguous sign of major depression—or at least should be!