Social media has made me lazy, much as I suspect it has many others. Why spend time rooting around an in an invisible box when others can spoon-feed you funny videos? The promise of the web is complicated, but its most intriguing aspect was always allowing niche communities to gather together and share what they loved.
There was a place for everyone, whether you wanted to talk about obscure British punk bands, conspiracy theories, bacon, folklore, the best fan ships, weird memes, or Star Wars. People were encouraged to experiment, no matter how pointless the outcome appeared to be.
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By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Cybersecurity Mobile Policy Privacy Scooters. Phones Laptops Headphones Cameras. Tablets Smartwatches Speakers Drones. Accessories Buying Guides How-tos Deals. Now I wonder how it knows what type of web pages in a certain category I will like. That's what the thumbs-up and thumbs-down buttons are for.
If I give a page a thumbs-up, it probably adds a point to not only that page, but to the keywords associated with that page, so other pages with a high correlation to that pages keywords will be weighted heavier in favour of showing up under my User ID.
If that's the case for the thumbs-up, then the thumbs-down has to function in a similar manner. Hit the thumbs-down button and and the application, in effect, takes away a point for that page and pages with similar keywords. The thumbs-down button does have a few more features to it though. Not-For-Me is the basic function of this button. Report Spam sends a message to StumbleUpon that the page served up is not anything like what it should be and is just, well, spam!
Duplicate Content helps StumbleUpon know when you get served a page more than once. That could happen if the page has been added under more than one category. Block Website will block the entire website that the page was served from. This is what I use when I come across a page that is in another language or just completely not for me.
Here's a little chart to give you a visual representation of the simplified process, as I believe it happens. That's the simple underpinnings of StumbleUpon. As you move to the right of the StumbleUpon toolbar, there are different options you can use to refine your Stumbling and add to the quality of the rankings of pages. Do you use StumbleUpon?
What's your favourite site that you have stumbled upon? StumbleUpon is a social network that helps you discover unique and interesting things across the Web. So what is StumbleUpon, exactly? StumbleUpon is basically a discovery engine of entertainment that recommends photography, art, humor, fashion, sports, technology and just about every other topic you can think of. Navigating StumbleUpon feels like surfing a Web where every incoming WiFi wave feels tailor-made just for you.
What makes StumbleUpon so cool is that every time you use it, you end up on an epic journey through webpages you may have never found without the help of the tool. StumbleUpon also offers a Paid Discovery system for advertisers, and content marketers have taken notice. Ready to stumble across some interesting new webpages? You can explore recommended content by visiting StumbleUpon. Every time you click it, StumbleUpon will load a new webpage for you.
Using one of these downloads will give you access to the StumbleBar everywhere you go on the Web. Republished by permission. Original here. Wow, I had no idea Stumbleupon was still around! I used it every day back in , but lost favor with it after some redesigns and feature changes.
I have been using StumbleUpon since the old days and I am quite surprised that it has lagged behind the other sites. It used to be so popular back then, even more popular than Facebook. Have an account there. I would like to see an article that spells out the best way to leverage a site like StumbleUpon for a Small Business?? Stumbleupon is a great site for finding sites you would never even think of looking at because you are seeing things that other find interesting.
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