Comments on: Why Is StumbleUpon A Closed Community? http://www.socialtechzone.com/wordpress/social-networks/stumbleupon_closed_community/ Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Frank http://www.socialtechzone.com/wordpress/social-networks/stumbleupon_closed_community/comment-page-1/#comment-4126 Frank Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:28:00 +0000 http://www.socialtechzone.com/wordpress/?p=582#comment-4126 Thanks for sharing your experiences with StumbleUpon, Shaun.  The site is great for discovering new and interesting things on the internet, but like you were saying, users on the site don't seem to like to connect.  I've always felt it was a closed community.  I'm shocked that those people still didn't reply to comments you left on their blog posts.  Just followed you on StumbleUpon as well.   Thanks for sharing your experiences with StumbleUpon, Shaun.  The site is great for discovering new and interesting things on the internet, but like you were saying, users on the site don’t seem to like to connect.  I’ve always felt it was a closed community.  I’m shocked that those people still didn’t reply to comments you left on their blog posts.  Just followed you on StumbleUpon as well.  

]]> By: Frank http://www.socialtechzone.com/wordpress/social-networks/stumbleupon_closed_community/comment-page-1/#comment-4127 Frank Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:28:00 +0000 http://www.socialtechzone.com/wordpress/?p=582#comment-4127 Thanks for sharing your experiences with StumbleUpon, Shaun.  The site is great for discovering new and interesting things on the internet, but like you were saying, users on the site don't seem to like to connect.  I've always felt it was a closed community.  I'm shocked that those people still didn't reply to comments you left on their blog posts.  Just followed you on StumbleUpon as well.   Thanks for sharing your experiences with StumbleUpon, Shaun.  The site is great for discovering new and interesting things on the internet, but like you were saying, users on the site don’t seem to like to connect.  I’ve always felt it was a closed community.  I’m shocked that those people still didn’t reply to comments you left on their blog posts.  Just followed you on StumbleUpon as well.  

]]> By: Shaun Rosenberg http://www.socialtechzone.com/wordpress/social-networks/stumbleupon_closed_community/comment-page-1/#comment-4124 Shaun Rosenberg Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:20:00 +0000 http://www.socialtechzone.com/wordpress/?p=582#comment-4124 I know exactly how you feel. I'll friend people, send them a nice email telling them that I thought that their "stumbles" where interesting and that I am looking to meet new people and connect.  I don't hear back from them. I've even visited some of their blogs and told them how much I liked specific articles in the emails I've send. Still no reply. It would be nice to at least hear a reply.  I hope it isn't going overboard, but feel free to friend me on Stumbleupon http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/shaunrosenberg/reviews/ I would love to get a little life going on that site. I know exactly how you feel. I’ll friend people, send them a nice email telling them that I thought that their “stumbles” where interesting and that I am looking to meet new people and connect.  I don’t hear back from them.

I’ve even visited some of their blogs and told them how much I liked specific articles in the emails I’ve send. Still no reply.

It would be nice to at least hear a reply. 

I hope it isn’t going overboard, but feel free to friend me on Stumbleupon http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/shaunrosenberg/reviews/ I would love to get a little life
going on that site.

]]> By: Shaun Rosenberg http://www.socialtechzone.com/wordpress/social-networks/stumbleupon_closed_community/comment-page-1/#comment-4125 Shaun Rosenberg Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:20:00 +0000 http://www.socialtechzone.com/wordpress/?p=582#comment-4125 I know exactly how you feel. I'll friend people, send them a nice email telling them that I thought that their "stumbles" where interesting and that I am looking to meet new people and connect.  I don't hear back from them. I've even visited some of their blogs and told them how much I liked specific articles in the emails I've send. Still no reply. It would be nice to at least hear a reply.  I hope it isn't going overboard, but feel free to friend me on Stumbleupon http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/shaunrosenberg/reviews/ I would love to get a little life going on that site. I know exactly how you feel. I’ll friend people, send them a nice email telling them that I thought that their “stumbles” where interesting and that I am looking to meet new people and connect.  I don’t hear back from them.

I’ve even visited some of their blogs and told them how much I liked specific articles in the emails I’ve send. Still no reply.

It would be nice to at least hear a reply. 

I hope it isn’t going overboard, but feel free to friend me on Stumbleupon http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/shaunrosenberg/reviews/ I would love to get a little life
going on that site.

]]> By: Frank http://www.socialtechzone.com/wordpress/social-networks/stumbleupon_closed_community/comment-page-1/#comment-379 Frank Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:54:41 +0000 http://www.socialtechzone.com/wordpress/?p=582#comment-379 I agree that it is impersonal, but it can be fixed. The whole question is - how can they fix it? Everyone likes a place where people participate and interact. Now they just have to make the changes on their end. I agree that it is impersonal, but it can be fixed. The whole question is – how can they fix it? Everyone likes a place where people participate and interact. Now they just have to make the changes on their end.

]]> By: Frank http://www.socialtechzone.com/wordpress/social-networks/stumbleupon_closed_community/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Frank Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:53:28 +0000 http://www.socialtechzone.com/wordpress/?p=582#comment-378 That's an interesting viewpoint Jeremy. I never looked at it that way before, but you gave me a different outlook of what StumbleUpon is intended to be. That’s an interesting viewpoint Jeremy. I never looked at it that way before, but you gave me a different outlook of what StumbleUpon is intended to be.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.socialtechzone.com/wordpress/social-networks/stumbleupon_closed_community/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Jeremy Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:59:16 +0000 http://www.socialtechzone.com/wordpress/?p=582#comment-376 I think that this misses the point a little of what stumble upon is. It really exists outside of the conscious connection. My tag-line is something along the lines of "making the collective unconscious a little more conscious" because that what it does. I think that this misses the point a little of what stumble upon is. It really exists outside of the conscious connection. My tag-line is something along the lines of “making the collective unconscious a little more conscious” because that what it does.

]]> By: Adam http://www.socialtechzone.com/wordpress/social-networks/stumbleupon_closed_community/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Adam Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:50:02 +0000 http://www.socialtechzone.com/wordpress/?p=582#comment-375 I like this question. I feel like I use the StumbleUpon toolbar in a really casual way. I give the "thumb up" to pages I like, and don't pay much mind to who will care that I'm doing it. I would say that it's much more impersonal, but not unfixable. It will have to come from their end with the interface and features that they offer. <a href="http://www.adventcreative.com" rel="nofollow">Adam @Advent Creative Web Design</a> I like this question. I feel like I use the StumbleUpon toolbar in a really casual way. I give the “thumb up” to pages I like, and don’t pay much mind to who will care that I’m doing it. I would say that it’s much more impersonal, but not unfixable. It will have to come from their end with the interface and features that they offer.
Adam @Advent Creative Web Design

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