#stumbleupon — Public Fediverse posts

For anyone who remembers StumbleUpon, this little tool add similar functionality to your blog:

susam/wander: A tiny, decentralised tool you can host with just two files to explore the small web - Codeberg.org

https://codeberg.org/susam/wander#readme

#smallweb #getablog #stumbleupon

I miss #StumbleUpon
It was such a great way to find the wonders of the internet.

I made a #firefox extension for finding random new small independent websites. I made it mostly for myself as something to do while waiting for meetings to start, but if you liked #stumbleupon back in the day give it a try. Or don’t, I’m not your boss.

https://matduggan.com/making-rss-more-fun/

Am I the only person who sometimes sits at my computer thinking, There's something missing here . . . And then realizing it's the Stumble buttonl All these years later, it's still missed. #Stumbleupon

https://www.mcstumble.com/ reminds me so much of #StumbleUpon, though I've not really "stumbled" upon any sites I like so far. #openweb

I shared, a few days back, an (old) article from BBC co uk about #stumbleupon which (rightly, I think) observed that the Internet that was, and that StumbleUpon so wonderfully danced around, is no longer. And thus, StumbleUpon could no longer be what it once was. But…

Since learning of the Digg reboot, I can’t get it out of my head. He’s not on here, I’m sure, but Garrett? GARRETT?! (@gc @expa #expa ?) Please, mate. Please. xxx.

I shared, a few days back, an (old) article from BBC co uk about #stumbleupon which (rightly, I think) observed that the Internet that was, and that StumbleUpon so wonderfully danced around, is no longer. And thus, StumbleUpon could no longer be what it once was. But…

Since learning of the Digg reboot, I can’t get it out of my head. He’s not on here, I’m sure, but Garrett? GARRETT?! (@gc @expa #expa ?) Please, mate. Please. xxx.

I shared, a few days back, an (old) article from BBC co uk about #stumbleupon which (rightly, I think) observed that the Internet that was, and that StumbleUpon so wonderfully danced around, is no longer. And thus, StumbleUpon could no longer be what it once was. But…

Since learning of the Digg reboot, I can’t get it out of my head. He’s not on here, I’m sure, but Garrett? GARRETT?! (@gc @expa #expa ?) Please, mate. Please. xxx.

I shared, a few days back, an (old) article from BBC co uk about #stumbleupon which (rightly, I think) observed that the Internet that was, and that StumbleUpon so wonderfully danced around, is no longer. And thus, StumbleUpon could no longer be what it once was. But…

Since learning of the Digg reboot, I can’t get it out of my head. He’s not on here, I’m sure, but Garrett? GARRETT?! (@gc @expa #expa ?) Please, mate. Please. xxx.

sigh… #stumbleupon

good though it is, what this article doesn’t surface (to my eyes) is the uncanny ability that SU had to *connect* people. I made lasting friendships through #StumbleUpon, relationships which remain to this day. Huzzah!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20241210-how-stumbleupon-pioneered-the-way-we-use-the-internet

@davidbisset It's like #stumbleupon but for #indieweb

#socialmedia #butbetter #smallweb #blogging #blogger #personalwebsite

Welcome to Mastodon, @ronnieayliffe! It's lovely to see another familiar face from #Stumbleupon

Whatever happened to stumbleupon

#internet #websites #random #stumbleupon #stumble #fun #algorithm

The links from the #fediverse reminds be of the early days of #delicious and #stumbleupon, I just found https://earthclock.cwandt.com/, which shows you the time with pictures from Google Earth which resemble numbers.

@thrilway #StumbleUpon is definitely missed.

@helgztech @Wolven I agree that we need more human-curated services and I loved both #Stumbleupon and #Digg back in the day. Within five years plan I'm working on what I like to call "human augmented" search: https://github.com/davidshq/next-search

Love to hear any thoughts you might have!

🎵 this album definitely came to me via #StumbleUpon - I can't remember which track first nor, sadly, who shared it to me... but I was forever hooked and the album (long out of print) proved to be entirely up my street and has never been far from the Repeat Play Pile #SUjukebox https://youtube.com/watch?v=yWzS-1IWWds

@atomicpoet Oh how I miss the old StumbleUpon. I lost hours there and met great people too. It's inheritor, Mix, never hit the same mark. #WebSurfing #StumbleUpon, #OldInternet

@anemoi @gladsdotter - this, apparently, is how #stumbleupon made me feel (from 2007)

@atomicpoet In its day, #Stumbleupon did this so well, both offering new sites and enabling self-expression. It is much missed.

Oh man I just thought to myself "I wonder what happened to that website that brought teenage me so much joy and fascination (and set the tone for what the web could be) - #StumbleUpon"

The Wikipedia history section is a fucken tragedy of capitalism: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon#History

It feels like the perfect thing for an open source and community-supported service.

🎵 Another one here that didn't come from StumbleUpon, but which certainly came from that self-same Gift Culture and actually from one of the (many) RL life friends I first met on #stumbleupon - thanks StonePoem - Meute 'You & Me' #SUJukebox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKFbnhcNnjE

long time back this smashed me in the face courtesy of #stumbleupon and a fellow Stumbler (thanks, you) and I played it played it played it played it ... and still do - I remember a punchier mix, but this is what I found today #SUjukebox https://youtu.be/VbClX9AAYr4

@gladsdotter aye that. all behaviours that #stumbleupon somehow encouraged and rewarded - and -connected- (but first you had to be there!)

@cloudhopper Now if I can just figure out what tags to follow here (in addition to #StumbleUpon) to have more of that same experience here.

Likes #motoguzzi #poetry #microblogging #beer #photography #stumbleupon #pebbles #music #coffee #handwriting #vanilla #thunderstorms #wordle #microblogging #wordplay #repartee #jasmine #squareformat #apusapus #warmnotcoldnorhot #brianeno #ambient #progrock #inkpens #steelydan

(expect this to grow - up to 500 chars if it works how i hope it works)

So, with my #InformationArchitecture head on -- by using a combo of the pinned post, edit function, and the hashtag #folksonomy it should be possible to create a #Tumblr/ #Stumbleupon index post for things like listing all of one's about/intro posts, or photography, gardening, WHY.

Wondering if this already exists, or is something people do. & whether it's possible to do a user/tag type link to filter posts.

Or if it would involve bodging things ala #[DistinctUserident]_[TopicTag]