StumbleUpon Makes Discovery Easy
StumbleUpon released a new change to their discovery process today that makes it super easy for anyone to add content to their system.
It is important to point out that the biggest changes are for the users that have the StumbleUpon toolbar installed. If you are discovering content through the site or with one of the StumbleUpon social media buttons, then you see basically the same screen you did before, with a minor design change.
The Stumble Effect: StumbleUpon Hits the Big Leagues
I am sure most of you have heard of the Digg Effect, originally known as the Slashdot Effect, and some of you might have even had your servers go down because of it.
Regardless of name, the effect is when a specific site sends a large number of visitors to your site in a short period of time, causing your site to become extremely lagged or go down completely.
Due to the amount of traffic it takes to drop a server, only a few sites have really grown a reputation for having this effect; Digg, Reddit, Fark, and Yahoo Buzz.
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StumbleUpon Partners Get New Badge on Review Pages
I was poking around through StumbleUpon today and noticed the new partner badges on one of the review pages.
*Click on the image above to see the full review image with this new badge.
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Damn StumbleUpon… Quit Lagging Me
For the last few months, ever since StumbleUpon released their new Beta redesign, I have been plagued by a really weird StumbleUpon toolbar issue.
It seems whenever I visit my inbox on stumbleupon, whether to review friend requests or check messages, my StumbleUpon toolbar starts to freak out and all my FireFox windows lag to a stand still.
During this lag, the ‘Send To’ part of the toolbar jumps to the right and then slowly returns to its normal position.
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