Influence Is In the Eye of the Beholder: Klout’s “Most Influential Topics of 2010″

Who proved to be the most powerful social media user in the last twelve months? According to Klout’s “Most Influential Topics of 2010″ analysis, it was a tight race between two figures: President Barack Obama and Justin Bieber. While many media outlets are focussed on how Obama and Bieber could end up in the same sentence, never mind the same “most influential” list, a closer look at Klout’s list reveals what it can and cannot tell us about social media.