If you read blogs, you’ve seen the little icon before.
If you use a feed reader, you’ve probably seen the words “Stumble It!” at the bottom of your favorite feeds.
And on every single one of my posts, I ask if you want to give some Stumble Love.
And now you find yourself in one of two camps – whether you realize it or not.
You’re either a Stumble Crack Whore – or you’re not. And if you’re not, it’s just because you don’t get it. Yet. Trust me.
Allow me to enlighten you.
Stumble, or StumbleUpon as it is more technically actually called, is awesome. More than that, it is a social bookmarking site. More than that even it is a cool ass way to find new sites and give mad props to sites you like.
(On a side note: is it still cool to say “give mad props”? No? How about mildly acceptable? Shit.)
Follow along and I promise you, you will lose hours of productivity and you will thank me for it.
How To Stumble:
1. Join StumbleUpon here. Download & Install the toolbar.
2. Tell Stumble what you like.
On your Stumble profile page, you’ll go to Home >> Preferences >> My Interests
Click a few topics that you’re interested in. This isn’t one of those OMG HE’LL HAVE THIS NAME FOREVER decisions, so just pick a few to start with.
3. Start Stumbling when you’re bored as hell at work looking to discover new sites.
Just click the “Stumble” button in your toolbar. It will bring up a site it thinks you’ll like. When you’re ready to go to another site, click the stumble button again.
4. Communicate with your lover Tell Stumble what you really like so he can do it better next time.
Whenever you’re on a site you like, you can click the “Thumbs Up” to tell Stumble. This lets Stumble know what kind of stuff you want to see more of. It also tells other users what sites they should check out!
THAT’S IT? THAT’S THE NEW INTERNET CRACK? PFFFFT, I AM SO NOT IMPRESSED.
Dude. You have to try it. There is something crazy ass addictive about clicking that little Stumble button just one more time and having another site pop up. You start to get competitive with yourself, like how many awesome websites can I look at for 1.82 seconds in a row?!
And then there is the POWER OF THE THUMBS UP!! Muahahahahahahhahaha! I will tell you whether your site is worth of my BIG GREEN INTERNET THUMB! Muahahahahahhahaha!
OK. Maybe that’s just me, what with the cavernous evil laugh and all. Whatever.
My point is if you’re not using Stumble – you should be. You will love it.
And if you are – you should be mah friend.
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I just barely signed up for twitter and now stumble?
Homework can do itself right?
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I love Stumble! And oh God, how I love to BE stumbled! It sounds so dirty and fun, doesn’t it?!
But one thing I still am not sure of? Does anyone really read much other than humor? I’ve had people stumble me in other categories and I don’t get the huge avalanche of readers as I do when someone stumbles me in humor.
I seem to get stumbled in (as?) humor the most. Because, I’m funny. Well, sometimes, but not today. And oftentimes, only in my own mind.
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StumbleUpon is dirty and I like it
LOL
I am a total Stumble Crack hoor.
This is one of the funniest tutorials I’ve seen about it. Thanks for the giggles.
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You have the most cluttered Firefox toolbar I’ve ever seen. Is there room on your screen for actual internet content?
Sorry, my OCD is getting the best of me.
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You know, I remembered I stumbled your blog a long time ago, so after reading this post I read my review of your blog on Stumble Upon.
What’s wrong with me? I mean, my review was kinda funny, but it was also really weird. Where did it come from…? Did you write a post about avocado 11 months ago?
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Shit.
Like I needed another fucking addiction.
God…I want someone to Stumble me.
I am a Shoewhore first and foremost…but I can sooo see becoming a Stumblewhore.
:help:
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Britt, I thought I’d come back and tell you THANKS A FUCKING LOT…It is now 3:20 a.m. and I am just now going to bed…after Stumbling around since about 1:11 a.m.
:wha:
My eyeballs hurt.
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signed up. does look fun. added you as a friend. i just signed up for twitter too, and that’s confusing the hey all out of me
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OK OK OK lets say I DO try your new drug. Suddenly I become a total freaked out Stumble Bum and there I am at my computer at all hours of the night getting my fix while ignoring my family and friends. Then what the hell will happen?!! It will be like… eh… like.. ok there wont be any freakin difference, so I’ll do it because I am a mindless robot drawn to your smokey-less aura.
But whats in it for ME to give you a big old Green Thumb up your blog? Wait… that sounds kind of cool too. OK I’m in!
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oh this could SO be trouble for me.
i like trouble.
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OK OK OK I am not stalking you or trying to flatter you. If I just gave you three or 12 thumbs up ratings it’s because I am old and slipping into senility. I clicked you and it flashed me (WOOT!) but that is all it did. So I tried out Adam’s blog and I had to fill out a whole report (evidently nobody else likes him) which made me conclude I did you wrong, so I came back and clicked you again (flash) and again(flash) and S L O W L Y began to realize it’s because you were already well liked (stumbled upon) whereas Adam… not so much.
Pardon my zeal.
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They should make a negative site called Grumble where you can just make negative reviews of everyone’s site and find sites that you want to bitch about.
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LMAO@ Adam
I don’t need another ’shiny thing’ :cheese:
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OKAY.
I stumbled over last time but I get wary of these sites.
This time I’ll join.
But I won’t go all the way. No matter what you say, I just won’t do it!
Unless you make me Brittinis. :martini:
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I just wish you could type in keywords for your initial interests, because the interests are a wee bit limited. I do enjoy Stumbleupon though. I have been using it for at least a year now.
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damn if this isn’t one more thing to be addicted to.
Love it. Now I need friends.
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I have had it for a bazillion years. I have never used it. Mostly because I can barely keep up with all of you that I LOVE. If I start reading people that I don’t know and I find that I LOVE them, too, it will just create more guilt that I am not keeping up with those that I LOVE which has now grown by five hundred and fifty five more blogs. *sigh* I’m a total loser, I know.
Pee Ess. You should check out my blog post today.
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“My point is if you’re not using Stumble – you should be.”
Don’t tell me what to do!
You are the 3rd or 4th blogger that I read regularly that has recommended this service. I dunno. First, I don’t like the name of it. Stumbling upon a site that you love is magical and it should be more difficult than having a service do it for you by listing topics that you are interested in. Maybe I’m just grumpy.
Tell you what, I’ll join up when somebody stumbles upon one of my blogs and lets me know that is how they found it. Tit for tat! Wow, now I REALLY sound grumpy.
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I have been a stumble crack whore for quite some time now. I stumble way too much but have found the best sites.
You seem to be a toolbar crack whore, lol.
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Is it just me, or does the stumble upon mosaic blue logo look like the loch ness monster raising it’s head and looking to the left?
Liberal Policies? Really?
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Adam, I agree. you should totally make that site.
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Didn’t Boy George sing, “I’ll Stumble for ya?” He/she/it was SO ahead of his/her/it’s time.
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You gonna through a little love my way too? Thank you! :love:
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Ah. This is the reason why I have so many referrals from Stumble. And why they’re all for 1.82 seconds.
You’re blog is very education, my friend.
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may i say…i hate you Britt…i did NOT want to “stumble” in my life…and now look what you have done…how did i spend my Saturday afternoon…stumbling around…and I. MUST. STOP.
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Stumble really stresses me out. For some reason, I always get these sites like “why girls are like onions–they have many layers and make you cry” and I always go “What the hell?” and give it the thumb down and then lie awake at night how maybe the person who wrote the piece was really proud of himself and now my thumb down will destroy him.
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Ok – I’m a firefox whore and I demand that you reveal what that toolbar thingamajg underneath your stumbleupon toolbar does.
*skips off to stumble this*
*remembers fat chicks can’t really skips and decides to walk instead*
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*pissed at her typo*
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I love Stumble. And I would SO be a member of Grumble.
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You are too cute. I would totally try this Stumbling thing, but it would get me in so much trouble at work. I mean, I already do it on my own. Then again, it might take all of the WORK out of it. Hmmn..
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