Posts Tagged ‘stumbleupon’

Oh StumbleUpon.com, you awesome provider of distraction, and enabler of procrastination….I think I love you.

So what is StumbleUpon? It’s kind of a database of sites that are rated by users, and then when you hit the Stumble button, you are sent to one of those sites.  You can also list your preferences, and see sites in certain categories. This also lets StumbleUpon to select from “like-minded Stumblers” when deciding what site to send you off towards. For more explanation, check out their about page.

If you’re interested in signing up, go to this page and register, or go to the main site and click the “Connect with Facebook” button (which only works if you already have a facebook.com account, just FYI) .

So you download your little toolbar and off you go! Your stumble button gives you a random site, and then you can give it a thumbs up (or down..or nothing!), share it on various sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc), view what other people thought of it, or leave a review!

This next part is actually my favorite. Say you’re reading a really awesome blog post. The kind that’s too good not to share. Just hit your little thumbs up button, and if it hasn’t been discovered already, you can add it to the StumbleUpon database! (Sidenote: It’s considered bad manners to only give Thumbs Up to your own content. But I bet you guys could have figured that out!)

It’s a really great tool, not just for discovering new content and info, but also for sharing things you’ve found, and encouraging fellow bloggers.

So give it a try! And come back and leave a link to your profile in the comments. We would love to see what you are loving:)

(And if you are interested, you can find me there as ThePsychobabble)