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The Addiction of StumbleUpon

December 6, 2008 by      
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StumbleUpon has carried many web surfers deep in the night, into the wee hours of many mornings by offering a never ending stream of interesting randomness that is always just a click away.

It’s an adventure. Your clicks bring you to visuals and sounds you never would have expected to find on the internet. Before stumbling existed, web surfing consisted of search engines and links given to you on web forums or by friends on IM. Surfing used to be a mundane process where you knew what you were looking for and only needed to find a way to get to it.

Stumbling has brought us unseen destinations, exciting vistas of information and opinion and stupidity, the exotic dangers of a random NSFW page, and the mindless time wasting flash games we would never have found otherwise. StumbleUpon has given people a reason for being on the internet when they have nothing else to do but explore.

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Everything is within your grasp, everything is only a click away. Whether you know it or not, when you stumble your way through the internet you are set on a quest. Your quest is to see the entirety of the internet, its best and its worst. The more clicks you take, the deeper into the web you travel and the more difficult it becomes to leave. You enter a vastness that is impossible to comprehend, yet it is all veiled behind the mask of the click. That click, the next one might take you to something wonderful, some amazing thing no one else has seen before, you might discover the next greatness that will make you an internet rock star to your peers. One click, just one more, just one more, one more…

Parents have always told their children that it is best to take things in moderation, this also applies to the click of StumbleUpon. Most stumble addicts out there know who they are, and that’s a good first step. No more stumbling through papers and meals, no more stumbling until the crack of dawn scares you into your bed. We can enjoy StumbleUpon, but we must not abuse it. The world misses you, and we only want to see you again and we hope you are doing well.

It is the evolution of the web. We’ve moved past railways and roadways and are now flying through the internet, teleporting from destination to destination. There is a new world to explore, and its all at your fingertips, just one more click away…


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121 Comments on "The Addiction of StumbleUpon"

  1. jamesb on Tue, 9th Dec 2008 11:50 am 

    I have also been using Stumbleupon for some time now and I think that its really great. It allow for you to keep bookmarks of your sites and allows you the recommend websites to your friends.

    From a search engine optimization point of view its also great as you increase the number of backlinks to your website.

  2. ArthurM on Thu, 11th Dec 2008 12:19 am 

    Good points.

  3. J. Erwin Pockadek on Sat, 7th Mar 2009 6:35 pm 

    This is just about as good a synopsis of what Stumbleupon is, as one could hope to read. A bit more, however, could be stressed. There is such a grand variety on subjects, photos, art, humor, etc., that I have never found the offerings to be boring. I found this site, via FireFox, quite accidentally, but it has given me many hours, (and I hope many more will come in the future) of varied enjoyment.

    Thank You

  4. mooglinux on Sat, 7th Mar 2009 6:45 pm 

    The great irony, is that i came here via stumbleupon

  5. Same on Sat, 7th Mar 2009 9:33 pm 

    I stumbled this too

  6. jd likes porn on Sat, 7th Mar 2009 10:59 pm 

    Hi, my name is jd and I’m addicted to Stumbleupon…

  7. Sueper on Sat, 7th Mar 2009 11:24 pm 

    I also stumbled here :O)

  8. BOB ORTIZ on Sat, 7th Mar 2009 11:28 pm 

    I’M TOTALLY ADDICTED AND LOVING EVERY MINUTE

  9. MeMyselfI on Sat, 7th Mar 2009 11:31 pm 

    *everybody gathers into a circle*

    Hi everybody my name is and I am a stumbleupon addict.

    *claps for the breakthrough*

  10. James on Sat, 7th Mar 2009 11:32 pm 

    I stumbled here myself. OK, gotta click.

  11. Sw0rDMaN on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 12:11 am 

    Yup Ive been using it too. Alot lol :P

  12. Tose on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 12:21 am 

    That’s not ironic.

  13. Amarantha on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 12:30 am 

    I cam here via StumbleUpon, too…and I’ve given this article a thumbs up.

    It’s not an addiction if it doesn’t hurt you…

  14. terrillj on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 12:31 am 

    As did I mooglinux

  15. Eddie on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 1:09 am 

    “The great irony, is that i came here via stumbleupon”

    So Did I, For the same reasons the article outlines Soooooo Ironic and Hilarious!!

  16. Scorcher21 on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 1:44 am 

    lmao mooglinux I was thinking the same thing half way into the article. I couldn’t even fathom the amount of hours I’ve spent stumbling. What a wonderfully evil invention.

  17. Phil E. Drifter on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 1:54 am 

    Clearly been photoshopped.

  18. eric on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 1:58 am 

    haha the irony. i used stumbleupon to get here,

  19. mike on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 2:33 am 

    me too!

  20. Valsimot on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 2:39 am 

    We all did O_O

  21. oliver on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 5:04 am 

    stumbled here as well. would be interesting to see how many ppl who stumble here actually stumble on.. I know I do…

  22. Mike on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 6:06 am 

    Stumbled here….

  23. Owl700 on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 6:13 am 

    Stumbleupon has opened up a whole new dimension to the Web. I’ve run across some of the most fantastic sites I’m sure I would never have found on my own.

  24. Sean on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 6:30 am 

    I don’t even remember what I did on the internet before StumbleUpon. I can’t imagine it. How did I find StumbleUpon without the Stumble button?

  25. John Venue on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 8:24 am 

    So I’m not the only one who stumbled here.
    Anyway, StumbleUpon has brought me to some of my favorite and most useful sites… as well as humoring me on the way.

  26. shoaib2k2 on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 8:37 am 

    lol i too came here through stumbleupon but good points raised in the article was worth reading

  27. moonlight on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 8:46 am 

    i know mooglinux, that is quite the great irony for me too…..

  28. Shran on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 8:47 am 

    I also “stumbled upon” this site and I must say I’m a little addicted too (hey… that’s the first step in recovery :-) .

    I do guess however that computers, games and the internet are pretty addictive already. Loads ‘n loads of people would experience severe withdrawal problems when artificial memory would become “senile” tomorrow.

    Not only have we become addicted to computers, imagine a world in which electricity wouldn’t exist and petrol wouldn’t burn.
    Until 200 years back we were able to live in such a world (even though 50 years of age was pretty old). When we had to live in such a world tomorrow i guess most “civilized” countries would totally freak out.

    Now how should I thumb this site on SU, up or down ? ;-)

  29. mawen on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 8:48 am 

    Brought here by stumbleupon!

  30. Kim on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 11:46 am 

    Damn it is this suppose to be my intervention Stumbleupon? I get it, I’m an addict but it hurts so good. I think my index finger is rigored to always click

  31. bud on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 2:28 pm 

    hi! my name is bud, and i’m addicted to stumbling…..

  32. chris on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 3:23 pm 

    Really well said. Describes my sentiments toward StumbleUpon perfectly, good article!

  33. e cigarette on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 3:45 pm 

    It’s a victimless addiction, unless I don’t get my daily stumbles and then someones going to get hurt.

  34. Said on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 3:47 pm 

    “The great irony, is that i came here via stumbleupon.”

    mooglinux, it’s not ironic; it’s coincidental. In fact, it’s what an avid user of StumbleUpon would eventually stumble into. Therefore, your use of “irony” is ironic. You used it to describe something that is the opposite of ironic.

  35. Oh lol on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 4:02 pm 

    I actually got here via stubmle

  36. Zeep on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 4:17 pm 

    IT’S NOT IRONIC THAT YOU STUMBLED HERE. You idiots don’t know how stumble works.

  37. tommy on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 4:24 pm 

    Another addict stumbles upon the commentary of how addicting stumbleupon really is…

    Does anyone know of a 12 step program?

  38. Journeys on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 4:27 pm 

    16,553 stumbles and counting,, You?

  39. Leon on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 4:31 pm 

    I use stumbleupon. I can stop anytime. I just do not want to.

  40. Baal on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 4:39 pm 

    Stumbled here. Totally addicted. Best invention since sliced bread. It´s like having a remote conrol for the internet.

  41. sab on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 5:24 pm 

    I think we should unite and use our stumble upon skills for the common good.

    Im addicted too – please integrate a productivity suite into SU so I can get things dont while I stumble

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  42. faq on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 5:28 pm 

    a carefully programmed algorithm that compares like minded users for targeted suggestions is not comparable to using the TV remote to surf through a handful of pre-programmed junk with constant forced advertising breaks. Thats like comparing linux with microsoft.. one has the user and their interests at the center of design, the other forces crap down your throat if you’re willing to submit.

  43. Late night lady on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 6:05 pm 

    Yes! I am a Stumbleupon junkie too. And I stumbled upon this page. AND it’s after midnight – oh noes!

  44. drprobe on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 6:17 pm 

    as I stumble-
    I mumble-
    am I a bumble?
    have I fumbled?
    missed a rumble?
    life to crumble?
    mind a jumble?
    sanity tumble?
    and I am humbled-

  45. ShoesAreNotToys on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 7:08 pm 

    Its hard to imagine what had more of an impact on my life and the internet. The day i discovered free internet porn, or stumble. World of Warcraft is going to be the third most important internet discovery of all time though.

  46. bill on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 7:55 pm 

    I stumbled here. My name is Bill, and I’m a stumbler…
    Found StumbleUpon through a friend on FaceBook. Between the two, I have no time left for gaming. Maybe if I get a Twitter account I can cut out sleep altogether. I often find myself dozing, awakening to find my finger clicking Stumble…

  47. Anon on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 8:51 pm 

    thumbs down

  48. MICHAEL J. SCHMITZ on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 8:59 pm 

    I’VE ENJOYED STUMBLUPON FOR A LONG TIME AND HAVE SENT HUNDREDS, MAYBE THOUSANDS TO JOIN YOU AND I. I HAVE DISCOVERED MANY GREAT THINGS USEING YOUR SITES AND LINKS. I’VE DISCOVERED SOLUTIONS IN PIECES TO BECOME THE DISASTER SOLUTIONIST MASTER OF EARTH. I’VE DISCOVERED THE EARTHQUAKE SOLUTION AND YOUR SITE WAS VERY HELPFUL IN THE PIECING TOGETHER OF THE GLOBAL SOLUTION. BETWEEN STUMBLEUPON AND MY GLOBAL TEAMS I’VE FOUND THE SOLUTIONS TO DELETE GLOBAL WARMING COMPLETELY. ALSO I’M BEING HEARD ALL OVER THE WORLD IN ANYTHING I SAY AT HOME. MOST I SAY AT HOME IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO ALL AMERICANS AND FRIENDLY NATIONS AND THEIR PEOPLE.I’VE GIVEN AWAY DISASTER SOLUTIONS TO EVERYONE. HAVE A NICE DAY TO EVERYONE. CIVILIAN GLOBAL COMMAND

  49. JoDe on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 11:24 pm 

    I ‘Stumbled” here and now I’m going to send it to my best friend…as usual! ;-P

  50. Ridiculus on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 4:19 am 

    How else would anyone find this site?
    I pity anyone who doesn’t know about SU, not even search engines can get u where SU gets u, not even when u forget to thumb up a site and wish to find it again.
    I’m an SU addict and I need helppppppp

  51. zimunhu on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 4:54 am 

    Keep stumbling :)

  52. Jim Gaudet on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 7:53 am 

    Stumbled!

  53. d3NieD on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 8:08 am 

    I’m sooo addicted it’s scary ! yeah I did Stumble this page ! How else would we have come across it ???

    You know, I reckon I would get withdrawal symptoms if Stumble seized to exist !!!

  54. fmtanweer on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 8:39 am 

    i am a stumbler….

  55. dsc on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 8:42 am 

    Stumbleupon is just like more sophisticated tv, although i’ve stumbled here also

  56. Michael on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 1:44 pm 

    I liked StumbleUpon better several years ago, before it was quite so popular. It used to be that nearly every click was something interesting. Now it’s more like 90% pedantic crap, with a painful amount of repetition where Stumbler C reposts some junk for Stumbler B’s blog, who reposted from Stumbler A, who reposted something that someone else Stumbled in the first place. That or valueless link-bait like, oh, say, Stumbling a blog post about StumbleUpon.

  57. brainlint on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 3:20 pm 

    I’ve set a limit for Stumbleupon. I’m only allowed a half an hour at a time, with at least an hour in between. I need to wean myself!

  58. MICHAEL J. SCHMITZ on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 3:26 pm 

    NOWADAYS ITS DIFFERENT, IT SEEMS WHEN I GET A PROBLEM WITH A SITE, LIKE IT REFUSES MY REGISTRATION I CLICK FOR WHATEVER THEIR OFFERING, JUST PLAIN REFUSES TO ALLOW IT. AND WONT DO ANYTHING, SO I GIVE IT A THUMBS DOWN. THEN STUMBLEUPON’S LITTLE BOX COMES ON AND SAYS THEIR NEW, GIVE IT A THUMBS UP. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT EXASPERATION. THEY ACTUALLY WANT ME TO GIVE A THUMBS UP FOR THEIR NEW SITE’S INCOMPETANCE OR ITS A BLACK BLANK, NO WAY. ALSO I’VE HIT A SITE MORE THAN ONCE, THEN I TRY A CLICK JUST A THOUGHT, THEN STUMBLEUPON COMES ON AGAIN, ONLY I’VE SEEN THIS ONE BEFORE. I THINK STUMBLEUPON JUST WANTS TO PLAY GAMES WITH ITS MEMBERS, BECAUSE ITS RULES SEEM TO CHANGE OFF AND ON. STUMBLEUPON IS IN THE WRONG. I DONT NORMALLY GIVE A THUMBS DOWN, ONLY IF THERE’S A PROBLEM WITH EACH SITE, LIKE NO WHERE TO REGISTER OR A SITE OF NOTHING. THEN I GIVE IT A THUMBS DOWN THEIRS STUMBLEUPON WAVEING AITS LITTLE BOX, SO I CLICK THUMBS DOWN AND QUICKLY CLICK NEXT. WHAT A FARCE.

  59. MICHAEL J. SCHMITZ on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 3:48 pm 

    I WAS READING ONE OF THE OTHER COMMENTS AND I AGREE WHEN IT SAYS STUMBLEUPON IS GETTING SO BIG THAT ITS NOT SHOWING THE GOOD STUFF ANYMORE. WHEN I FIRST GOT ON STUMBLEUPON. I WAS LOOKING FOR AUCTION SITES, I FOUND 5. NOW YOUR LUCKY IF YOU SEE 2 =EBAY AND MAYBE AMAZON, EVEN THOUGH I HAVENT SEEN AMAZON IN 8 MONTHS. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE OLD GOOD OLE SITES WERE GREAT, BUT THEIR EITHER GONE OR ONLY FOR OTHERS. A THOUGHT == SUPPOSE STUMBLEUPON SPLIT THEIR SITES INTO 3 SECTIONS LIKE A PIE, A LITTLE FROM EACH CATAGORY FOR EACH SECTION, THEN SPLIT THE PLANET INTO 3 SECTIONS. RUN A SECTION FOR EACH SECTION FOR 45 DAYS, THEN ROTATE ALL SECTIONS SO EACH SEES A NEW SECTION FOR 45 DAYS. JUST A THOUGHT, BECAUSE WHAT MOST OF US SAW LAST YEAR, SOME OF US HAVE NEVER SEEN SINCE. IT MAKES US ALL WONDER. MY MAIN REASON FOR AUCTIONS IS I’VE BEEN BUYING AND OTHERS HAVE SENT ME BRAND NEW ITEMS FROM 1967 TO 1970= ALL BRAND NEW THINGS STILL IN THERE ORIGINAL PACKAGES FROM EUROPE, ASIA, PANAMA CANAL ZONE AND AMERICA ALL IN ITS ORIGINAL PACKAGING IN STORAGE, INCLUDING A DOLL FROM EITHER JAPAN=GEISHA OR A CHINA DOLL FROM 40+YEARS AGO. HAVE A NICE DAY. MIKE

  60. Avisioncame on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 8:11 pm 

    Stumble has lost it’s fun with crap like this…and top ten lists.

  61. earl on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 8:18 pm 

    hi their i work nights so on my nights off i am on here stumbling i love it it’s great.

  62. Jens on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 8:42 pm 

    Thank You.

    let me explain, I am in Germany and its 03:45 am. I have to get out of bed in 4 hours.

    your article gets a thumb up from me and this was the last stumble for the next 5 hours.

    I’m not addicted, I can stop whenever I want.
    OK just once more..

  63. dank on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 8:57 pm 

    it speaks the truth. I also stumbled here… Stumble is more addicting then crack cuz its freeeeeeee

  64. smokingplatypus on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 9:16 pm 

    Hi I’m a lost stumbler,
    can you help me back to my category?

  65. carlos from brooklyn n.y. on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 10:31 pm 

    since discovering stumble I have most my friends hooked and the others dont have computers…. n.y.c. loves stumble.

    we actually have a quote when we call eachother…
    Instead of saying ” wazzzzz upppppp ” we say “stumbalynnnnnn”
    so n.y.c.

  66. me, myself nor I on Tue, 10th Mar 2009 6:19 am 

    @phil
    So true….
    The great thing about stumbleupon is that you also get those omfg ugly web1.0 sites, wich unexpectedly have some damn good content, but are too old to get a robot.txt for the search engines.

  67. Dave on Tue, 10th Mar 2009 8:42 am 

    I am NOT addicted.. StumbleUpon is not so convenient when you do not have a toolbar (Google Chrome) and have to go out of your way to go there.

  68. Beth in Canada eh! on Tue, 10th Mar 2009 9:40 am 

    I have been using SU for a few months now. I love this place, BUT…I have noticed web sites are becoming repetitous….you can have the same web site as one of your favorites more than once, just showing different links of the same site. I am seeing more and more repeats of the same site. I don not know if it is because of the subscriptions that you get from your added friends or not….SU also needs a better “How To” set up and use SU to it’s full potential.

  69. hightechhippie on Tue, 10th Mar 2009 2:07 pm 

    Hi my name is hightech hippie, I have been addicted to stumbling for about 8 months now, it has caused me to be late to many family functions, miss hundreds of hours of sleep, miss meals, fights with my wife, not calling my mother, missing deadlines at school and work, not have sex with wife, ignore family, miss the liquor store, not feed the pets, and piss my pants. I just want to stop so bad but I can’t, I have even started a 12 step program in my city. Please pray for me. Thank you for letting me share.

  70. Lok on Wed, 11th Mar 2009 7:10 am 

    ): I stumbled here. Just one more click, just one more.

  71. David Sisley on Wed, 11th Mar 2009 1:11 pm 

    Hi my name is humnbird, I have been addicted to stumbling for about 7 months now, it has caused me to sit at my computer for hours on end, miss hundreds of hours of sleep, miss meals, not feed the pets. I think I need help.

  72. MICHAEL J. SCHMITZ on Wed, 11th Mar 2009 2:02 pm 

    I DONT KNOW IF MY COMMENT IS WORTH ANYTHING, IT SEEMS LIKE MY LAST COMMENT DID’NT SHOW UP, SO WHY COMMENT.

  73. molestar on Wed, 11th Mar 2009 2:27 pm 

    Can someone hurry up and create fumble???

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  75. tony on Wed, 11th Mar 2009 6:16 pm 

    stumbled here to :)

  76. aleph-bey on Wed, 11th Mar 2009 9:57 pm 

    humm..that was strange. what? i just read a comment..and another comment just like that one after scrolling. are you sure? yes. there’s a mouse in the stumbler. quick….click.

    you DO want to ‘click’…no one has ever been to that web site before…ergo you are vis-a-vis he, she, them–we stumbled down the binary hole..

    hell if you cant un-click…click till ya get to the other side

  77. Joe on Thu, 12th Mar 2009 12:48 am 

    Hi my name is Joe and I am also addicted to StumbleUpon.

  78. MICHAEL J. SCHMITZ on Thu, 12th Mar 2009 4:07 pm 

    NO MORE COMMENTS FROM ME SINCE YOUR DELETING THEM.

  79. anthony ralphie on Thu, 12th Mar 2009 6:23 pm 

    I too am proud to say I am addicted to stumble upon. Boy! Some of the sights that I have been too, I tell you I would have never found unless it was for stumble upon. You are not a web surfer unless you are doing it with stumble. So come on, if you don’t have it, get it. It’s going to be hours and hours of fun and education.

  80. ACEqwerty on Fri, 13th Mar 2009 3:24 am 

    Stumble buddies UNITE!

  81. bryson on Fri, 13th Mar 2009 11:53 am 

    What would we do without StumbleUpon? would the internet be the same without it? How do we move into something greater than it? space traveling the web is next…

  82. kensindelar on Fri, 13th Mar 2009 10:30 pm 

    i found this page with Stumble! too

  83. amarook on Sat, 14th Mar 2009 4:31 pm 

    I am also hooked on StumbleUpon. Besides…. that is who got me here! :)

  84. Simon on Fri, 20th Mar 2009 7:00 am 

    I find it funny how i came across this article while stumbling :D

  85. lesty420 on Fri, 19th Jun 2009 12:40 pm 

    42,438 stumbles and counting

  86. super duper pooper scooper on Fri, 19th Jun 2009 1:27 pm 

    lol i stumbled here 2

  87. MICHAEL J. SCHMITZ on Fri, 19th Jun 2009 2:31 pm 

    TODAY IS NOT ABOUT STUMBLEUPON, BUT A BIGGER CAUSE. I’VE EMAILED THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION LEADER IN HOPES THAT MY INVENTION WOULD BE BUILT AND SOLD BY THEM TO HELP THEM HELP ALL SPECIES ON EARTH. MY CONDITIONS FOR THEM TO MAKE 50% OF $3 TRILLION DOLLARS TO CONTINUE SPACE EXPLORATION ARE AS FOLLOWS== 1. 25% TO BE PAID TO ME QUARTERLY. 2. THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE AND OTHER TELESCOPES USE THE CO-ORDINANCE TO FIND THE LOCATION OF THE BEAM ON JUPITER. 3. NASA AND THE EUROPEAN NATIONS USE THEIR SHUTTLES TO DELETE THAT BEAM THATS CAUSING GLOBAL WARMING ON EARTH. ITS CALLED SPACE EXPLORATION TO DELETE GLOBAL WARMING PERMANENTLY. HAVE A NICE DAY. MIKE

  88. Gennice on Fri, 19th Jun 2009 3:44 pm 

    StumbleUpon is great when it comes to inspiration for new blog posts! I use it regularly.

    And btw, this post is stumbled too! :) Enjoy!

  89. Fyrel on Sat, 20th Jun 2009 8:17 pm 

    I can quit anytime I want! >_>

    Many times when I’m on a friend’s computer I reflexively click the stumble button….and it isn’t there. And then I get sad.

  90. Rick on Sun, 21st Jun 2009 9:28 am 

    Michael, would you please stop shouting, I have a headache from Stumbling too much…..Thank You

  91. Greg on Sun, 21st Jun 2009 9:59 am 

    Stumbled here too. I find that Stumble helps me expand my interests. Also, I’ve got no life.

  92. ClarityWEB on Sun, 21st Jun 2009 10:13 am 

    StumbleUpon is one of the best social media tools available in our opinion. It is also the best way to obtain genuinely (or as close to as possible) random inspiration on a variety of subjects.

    Unfortunately, its content has been diluted somewhat in quality over the past 6-12 months – but it remains of high value to us.

  93. throdon on Mon, 22nd Jun 2009 5:05 pm 

    came here via mixx

  94. Evan on Wed, 24th Jun 2009 4:24 am 

    I used SU to get here…. my head just exploded

  95. LADY13 on Tue, 30th Jun 2009 7:28 am 

    Is it ironic that I stumbled here?

  96. Token on Thu, 2nd Jul 2009 1:33 pm 

    DON’T YOU HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE TYPE ONLY IN CAPS? IT USUALLY REALLY BOTHERS ME BUT NOW I SEE THAT SOMETIMES ITS THE ONLY WAY TO STAND APART FROM A VAST OCEAN OF BLANDNESS.

    This is like stumble cheerleader central. The only interesting post is from the guy who is screaming in caps.

    And NO it’s NOT IRONIC that you stumbled here! Irony is the when the opposite of the expected occurs. Like when you are driving a car, drunk without a seatbelt, and you park your car in front of the wrong house and then a sober police officer smashes into your car and flees the scene without leaving a note. It’s ironic because the behavior of the police officer is the opposite of what you would expect.

    It’s not irony when you find a site about stumbleupon on stumbleupon! People who use stumbleupon are going to see articles about how many people love stumbleupon and then they are going to thumbs up those articles so that other people will see the same website and maybe those people will love stumbleupon too. It’s not ironic, it’s a big, long, lubed up, circle jerk.

    You know what? I HATE STUMBLEUPON. I used to like it but now I can only find sites like this. The only cool thing that ever happens on stumbleupon anymore is when someone says something really awful in the comments below a dumb stumble and a flame war erupts and suddenly people are giving thumbs up to the sites not because of the content of the article but because of the insightful commentary.

    Stumbleupon blows goats. I only use it so I can thumbs down every single site that might make it better. I only thumbs up the awful, useless, disgusting, and disturbing sites. The kinds of things that you know are on the internet but never want to actually see.

    I have only one more contribution to make to this stumble-

    This link is to a picture of the structure of the stumbleupon algorithm and an article about the secret information gathering that stumbleupon does but does not disclose to the public.

    http://www.randomimage.us/29874.html

  97. Aunt Peg on Thu, 2nd Jul 2009 7:35 pm 

    I can’t remember what I did before I found stumble. I can’t remember how I found stumble !

  98. yes on Sat, 4th Jul 2009 1:19 pm 

    Hello, my name is Daniel and I’m addicted to StumbleUpon.

  99. Vidhi on Sun, 5th Jul 2009 2:32 pm 

    I have a problem…i know its an issue…its affecting my friends and family. I am addicted to StumbleUpon

  100. Jennxsomething on Mon, 6th Jul 2009 9:12 pm 

    i, too, stumbled here.
    i am an SU addict.

  101. STUMBLER ADDICT on Mon, 6th Jul 2009 11:21 pm 

    I stumbled too

  102. skrizach on Wed, 8th Jul 2009 1:36 pm 

    I stumbled here.
    …and I’m addicted to stumbleupon.
    I get home from work at 1am and start stumbling.
    all of a sudden it’s 7 in the morning and I haven’t eaten a meal or changed clothes yet.

  103. Phil E. Drifter on Thu, 9th Jul 2009 3:12 am 

    I could quit any time I wanted to; I just don’t want to.

  104. TheEnigmaBlade on Fri, 10th Jul 2009 11:14 pm 

    I think I’ll just stumble one more time before bed…

  105. carlos on Mon, 10th Aug 2009 10:09 pm 

    this website is the greatest in the history of mankind it makes you feel a part of the web it cares about what you think and desire

  106. Borellus on Tue, 11th Aug 2009 7:02 am 

    Yeah, I also came here via stumble upon.

  107. Steve on Wed, 12th Aug 2009 9:02 am 

    Stumbledupon, thumbed up… stumbled off again (click)

  108. The Baldchemist on Wed, 12th Aug 2009 9:34 am 

    I’m a recovering stumbler. Why do you put temptation in front of me?
    Once a stumbler always a stumbler. Thanfully its free. ( to en extent).

  109. The Baldchemist on Wed, 12th Aug 2009 9:35 am 

    Ps. The ideal diet. No food or sleep,just stumble. AAAAAH we addicts

  110. Zombierepellent on Wed, 26th Aug 2009 12:28 am 

    up late stumbling, too scared of zombies to sleep

  111. SinxarKnights on Mon, 7th Sep 2009 6:07 pm 

    Just one more click…

  112. Ethan on Thu, 17th Sep 2009 6:42 pm 

    Stumbleupon is baaaaad.
    Uninstall it now, people, before you’re too far gone.

  113. MICHAEL J. SCHMITZ on Mon, 21st Sep 2009 6:25 pm 

    I SUGGEST YOU CHANGE THE QUESTION FOR OTHER TOPICS, BECAUSE NOW YOU SOUND CONCEDED AND EXPECT US TO KEEP ANSWERING THE SAME THING.

  114. nory on Sat, 3rd Oct 2009 12:54 pm 

    i stumbled here too!

  115. javier on Sun, 18th Oct 2009 6:49 am 

    it’s almost 6am. i didn’t realize it until i stumbled upon this article 0_o

  116. Jacki on Wed, 21st Oct 2009 4:28 am 

    Does anyone know that if you stumble 2 much you will go blind? Or if you stumble 2 much your ppalms will get hairy? Tee he heeee

  117. zwenkwiel on Wed, 21st Oct 2009 7:17 am 

    funny
    stumbled here aswell
    click and away we go ….
    to the edges of the internet
    AND BEYOND!!!

  118. Prodnose on Wed, 21st Oct 2009 9:33 am 

    Stumble, stumble, on we go -
    Finding stuff we do not know
    In the evening’s afterglow
    All we do is stumble.

    Funny cats and old dead stars
    Zombies games and New York Bars
    Biggest boulders up on Mars -
    All are meat to Stumble

    Stumble this world and the next
    Write your comments in green text
    Make bad comments, get folks vexed -
    That’s the fun of Stumble!

    [To the tune of "Mairi's Wedding"]

  119. Fluff on Thu, 22nd Oct 2009 4:56 pm 

    Is there a twelve step program? stumble has held me for many hours on end, sometimes for a day at a time. i love it though. cant get enough

  120. Patrick on Fri, 27th Nov 2009 9:32 pm 

    Great article. I found it via stumbleupon so it all seem to fit pretty well. Thanks for the post.

  121. Nyani » When little monsters chew at your eyelids… on Fri, 18th Feb 2011 3:39 am 

    [...] Want to know more about stumble? Simply register on http://www.stumbleupon.com/ and start stumbling. And when the addiction sets in, you can read this: http://www.zmogo.com/web/the-addiction-of-stumbleupon/ [...]

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