Comments on: Do you think StumbleUpon results get worse the more you stumble? http://xfep.com/social-networking/do-you-think-stumbleupon-results-get-worse-the-more-you-stumble/ Tips on Being a Better Blogger Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:14:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kevin Muldoon http://xfep.com/social-networking/do-you-think-stumbleupon-results-get-worse-the-more-you-stumble/comment-page-1/#comment-2348 Kevin Muldoon Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:50:12 +0000 http://xfep.com/?p=771#comment-2348 Nicole - I didn't realise that more friends means your results will be better. Sly - I was not referring to voting for another site, including my own. I have only voted for a site via stumbleupon about 3 or 4 times, I was referring to actually finding sites via stumbleupon. Nicole – I didn’t realise that more friends means your results will be better.

Sly – I was not referring to voting for another site, including my own. I have only voted for a site via stumbleupon about 3 or 4 times, I was referring to actually finding sites via stumbleupon.

]]> By: Sly from Slyvisions dot Com http://xfep.com/social-networking/do-you-think-stumbleupon-results-get-worse-the-more-you-stumble/comment-page-1/#comment-2341 Sly from Slyvisions dot Com Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:04:01 +0000 http://xfep.com/?p=771#comment-2341 It really all depends on WHAT you're stumbling. Stumble your site (or any site for that matter) too much and yes, results will get worse because Stumbleupon won't allow you to take advantage of their great service. It really all depends on WHAT you’re stumbling. Stumble your site (or any site for that matter) too much and yes, results will get worse because Stumbleupon won’t allow you to take advantage of their great service.

]]> By: Nicole Simon http://xfep.com/social-networking/do-you-think-stumbleupon-results-get-worse-the-more-you-stumble/comment-page-1/#comment-2294 Nicole Simon Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:44:41 +0000 http://xfep.com/?p=771#comment-2294 Stumbles are made up from what your friends are stumbleing in that topic you are browsing. If you get to boring pages quick, you do have the wrong friends connected in stumble upon and / or not enough friends. Imagine one friend having 2 good pages (+) and 10 bad (-). He is your only friend and you stumble 12 pages, which go ++---------- with some magic how others found the +/- to be good or not. Having 20 friends who stumble stuff you really like and they add more pages which you don't you still get the 'good' selection first. Suggestion: Use friendfeed with filter by service or search there for stumbleupon and [topic] and take notice who stumbles pages you like. Subscribe to their stumbles and see if your theory still stands. Example: http://friendfeed.com/search?q=blogging&service=stumbleupon&public=1&who= Stumbles are made up from what your friends are stumbleing in that topic you are browsing. If you get to boring pages quick, you do have the wrong friends connected in stumble upon and / or not enough friends.

Imagine one friend having 2 good pages (+) and 10 bad (-). He is your only friend and you stumble 12 pages, which go ++———- with some magic how others found the +/- to be good or not.

Having 20 friends who stumble stuff you really like and they add more pages which you don’t you still get the ‘good’ selection first.

Suggestion: Use friendfeed with filter by service or search there for stumbleupon and [topic] and take notice who stumbles pages you like. Subscribe to their stumbles and see if your theory still stands.

Example:
http://friendfeed.com/search?q=blogging&service=stumbleupon&public=1&who=

]]> By: Kevin Muldoon http://xfep.com/social-networking/do-you-think-stumbleupon-results-get-worse-the-more-you-stumble/comment-page-1/#comment-2285 Kevin Muldoon Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:13:24 +0000 http://xfep.com/?p=771#comment-2285 Oh right ,sorry, I thought you had misintepreted what I wrote :) I actually hope that SU don't tell users their formula. Think how useless it would be once everyone knew how to game it. Oh right ,sorry, I thought you had misintepreted what I wrote :)

I actually hope that SU don’t tell users their formula. Think how useless it would be once everyone knew how to game it.

]]> By: David Peralty http://xfep.com/social-networking/do-you-think-stumbleupon-results-get-worse-the-more-you-stumble/comment-page-1/#comment-2284 David Peralty Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:02:41 +0000 http://xfep.com/?p=771#comment-2284 Yeah, I understood what you had meant, I was just adding that the problem with SU doesn't just exist on looking for things, but also submitting stuff. It just doesn't feel like the entire system works as it should. Maybe its a transparency thing and they should let us users into what makes SU do what it does? Yeah, I understood what you had meant, I was just adding that the problem with SU doesn’t just exist on looking for things, but also submitting stuff. It just doesn’t feel like the entire system works as it should.

Maybe its a transparency thing and they should let us users into what makes SU do what it does?

]]> By: Kevin Muldoon http://xfep.com/social-networking/do-you-think-stumbleupon-results-get-worse-the-more-you-stumble/comment-page-1/#comment-2283 Kevin Muldoon Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:00:00 +0000 http://xfep.com/?p=771#comment-2283 Sorry, perhaps I should clarify my post more. I'm not talking about suggesting links or giving a thumbs up or down. I'm talking about using the StumbleUpon tool bar and entering a keyword in the drop down search tab and clicking the stumble button. Every time you click the stumble button you get a new page which is related to your keyword. With regards to submitting articles, as I said, I am very unactive. I think I've only suggested 3 pages and gave thumbs up to about half a dozen :):) Sorry, perhaps I should clarify my post more. I’m not talking about suggesting links or giving a thumbs up or down. I’m talking about using the StumbleUpon tool bar and entering a keyword in the drop down search tab and clicking the stumble button. Every time you click the stumble button you get a new page which is related to your keyword.

With regards to submitting articles, as I said, I am very unactive. I think I’ve only suggested 3 pages and gave thumbs up to about half a dozen :) :)

]]> By: David Peralty http://xfep.com/social-networking/do-you-think-stumbleupon-results-get-worse-the-more-you-stumble/comment-page-1/#comment-2281 David Peralty Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:53:50 +0000 http://xfep.com/?p=771#comment-2281 Well, not only does it feel like you get penalized for constantly stumbling, but if you stumble one site too often, you eventually can't submit it any more. Say you really enjoyed Xfep, and you submitted one article every day (out of the two or three I average), then eventually, SU wouldn't allow you to submit articles from this site. :( Well, not only does it feel like you get penalized for constantly stumbling, but if you stumble one site too often, you eventually can’t submit it any more. Say you really enjoyed Xfep, and you submitted one article every day (out of the two or three I average), then eventually, SU wouldn’t allow you to submit articles from this site. :(

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