Comments on: 9 things wrong with StumbleUpon http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/08/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon.html Tech' views that are 667% more interesting than the tech' news itself... Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:35:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/08/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon.html#comment-4320 Wayne Smallman Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:00:08 +0000 http://sv2.mhlists.net/~wwwblah/index.php/2007/08/23/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon/#comment-4320 I think those last two questions are linked, really. I often go to my StumbleUpon profile and visit web pages that: 1. interest me, obviously, and; 2. that have a review, rather than just grabbed text from within the article. So for me, reviews are the real draw, since most of the stuff I then review myself isn't tagged properly, not by the person who originally Stumbled the article, or subsequent reviewers... I think those last two questions are linked, really.

I often go to my StumbleUpon profile and visit web pages that:
1. interest me, obviously, and;
2. that have a review, rather than just grabbed text from within the article.

So for me, reviews are the real draw, since most of the stuff I then review myself isn’t tagged properly, not by the person who originally Stumbled the article, or subsequent reviewers…

]]> By: Zath http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/08/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon.html#comment-4314 Zath Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:44:18 +0000 http://sv2.mhlists.net/~wwwblah/index.php/2007/08/23/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon/#comment-4314 The visitors thing really annoys me to be honest in addition to the apparent "incomplete" listings in terms of users and page stats. I often wonder if I go to the trouble of tagging and reviewing sites, does my profile become more effective in SU because of the extra time and effort I've contributed? Or do people who just click thumbs up and down have just the same amount of value? The visitors thing really annoys me to be honest in addition to the apparent “incomplete” listings in terms of users and page stats.

I often wonder if I go to the trouble of tagging and reviewing sites, does my profile become more effective in SU because of the extra time and effort I’ve contributed?

Or do people who just click thumbs up and down have just the same amount of value?

]]> By: James http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/08/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon.html#comment-3271 James Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:09:36 +0000 http://sv2.mhlists.net/~wwwblah/index.php/2007/08/23/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon/#comment-3271 I'm not a big fan of StumbleUpon either. I love Digg as there seems to be a real sense of community there now. I’m not a big fan of StumbleUpon either.

I love Digg as there seems to be a real sense of community there now.

]]> By: Matt Ellsworth http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/08/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon.html#comment-1137 Matt Ellsworth Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:19:45 +0000 http://sv2.mhlists.net/~wwwblah/index.php/2007/08/23/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon/#comment-1137 Great list. I think this just about summarizes the problems. Great list. I think this just about summarizes the problems.

]]> By: Your Responsibility to Your StumbleUpon Friends : Blog Resources Online http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/08/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon.html#comment-1089 Your Responsibility to Your StumbleUpon Friends : Blog Resources Online Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:44:39 +0000 http://sv2.mhlists.net/~wwwblah/index.php/2007/08/23/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon/#comment-1089 [...] 7. 9 Things Wrong With StumbleUpon [...] [...] 7. 9 Things Wrong With StumbleUpon [...]

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/08/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon.html#comment-590 Wayne Smallman Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:49:00 +0000 http://sv2.mhlists.net/~wwwblah/index.php/2007/08/23/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon/#comment-590 Hi Ian and thanks for the post!<br/><br/>I went to the US when I was at college [ahem] years ago.<br/><br/>Some kind of immigration official came onto the aeroplane and gave us some forms to fill out.<br/><br/>We had these options for nationality and there it was, UK.<br/><br/>I had a fairly heated discussion with him and flatly refused to tick UK.<br/><br/>He wanted to take me off the aeroplane for questioning, but I stood my ground.<br/><br/>In the end, he just scribbled at the bottom of the form the golden word... Hi Ian and thanks for the post!

I went to the US when I was at college [ahem] years ago.

Some kind of immigration official came onto the aeroplane and gave us some forms to fill out.

We had these options for nationality and there it was, UK.

I had a fairly heated discussion with him and flatly refused to tick UK.

He wanted to take me off the aeroplane for questioning, but I stood my ground.

In the end, he just scribbled at the bottom of the form the golden word…

]]> By: Ian http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/08/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon.html#comment-589 Ian Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:29:00 +0000 http://sv2.mhlists.net/~wwwblah/index.php/2007/08/23/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon/#comment-589 Agreed country lists could replace 'UK' with 'England' ... but those lists would then be even longer, as they would then also need to show Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland too ... which is exactly what I think needs to happen.<br/><br/>Great post :-) Agreed country lists could replace ‘UK’ with ‘England’ … but those lists would then be even longer, as they would then also need to show Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland too … which is exactly what I think needs to happen.

Great post :-)

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/08/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon.html#comment-588 Wayne Smallman Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:20:00 +0000 http://sv2.mhlists.net/~wwwblah/index.php/2007/08/23/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon/#comment-588 Hi!<br/><br/>That's the first thing I checked.<br/><br/>All my browsers are set to Unicode, still the same problem... Hi!

That’s the first thing I checked.

All my browsers are set to Unicode, still the same problem…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/08/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon.html#comment-587 Anonymous Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:14:00 +0000 http://sv2.mhlists.net/~wwwblah/index.php/2007/08/23/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon/#comment-587 Regarding : "7. The weird character encoding often seen in titles that include apostrophes, double angled quotes et cetera. A minor issue, some might argue, but it's just intensely annoying and makes titles almost illegible. Annoyingly, there's no option to edit the title after submitting."<br/>If you can set your browser to character encoding Unicode. Whatever characters are not displaying should display. Regarding : “7. The weird character encoding often seen in titles that include apostrophes, double angled quotes et cetera. A minor issue, some might argue, but it’s just intensely annoying and makes titles almost illegible. Annoyingly, there’s no option to edit the title after submitting.”
If you can set your browser to character encoding Unicode. Whatever characters are not displaying should display.

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/08/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon.html#comment-586 Wayne Smallman Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:27:00 +0000 http://sv2.mhlists.net/~wwwblah/index.php/2007/08/23/9-things-wrong-with-stumbleupon/#comment-586 Hi Kate!<br/><br/>It's worth mentioning that Kate does often look through my articles before I post them.<br/><br/>Which is a total waste of her time because I only go and rewrite them afterwards... Hi Kate!

It’s worth mentioning that Kate does often look through my articles before I post them.

Which is a total waste of her time because I only go and rewrite them afterwards…

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