StumbleUpon announced several upcoming changes that will roll-out over the next few weeks.
The changes include:
- Separation of “friends” and “Subscription.” You will be able to opt-out of subscribing to your friends stumbles.
- You will be able to subscribe to someone’s content without becoming their friend.
- You will be able to subscribe to more than 200 people.
- “Friends” will be mutual friends, “fans” will become subscribers and you will be able to “Subscribe to” stumblers who rate great content.
- Removal of “ghost” friends/fans. These are people who left SU or deleted their accounts. So don’t be too alarmed about a drop in followers.
- The order of fans is changing. The newest members to SU will show first, rather than the last who friended you.
StumbleUpon is trying to separate the social and content aspects of their system. This is a big step forward in that direction. This is great news for those who want to find great content and it is bad for social marketing.
IMO, this will be huge for their advertising department and ridding the site of spam.
Written: Aug 7, 2008
bloggingzoom.com
August 8, 2008 @ 12:10 am
StumbleUpon Removes 200 Limit…
StumbleUpon announced several changes that will be taking place over the next few weeks. The changes will change the way friends, fans, and your own stumbles are handled.
The changes include:
1) Removal of ghost accounts. These are both dead accounts …
Glen Allsopp
August 8, 2008 @ 4:59 am
Interesting stuff, thanks for the info. I don’t know if it’s just me but I rarely check my friends stumbles, just allow them to share great content via the send to button.
Gary R. Hess
August 8, 2008 @ 9:15 am
If you use the Stumble feature at all you are getting stumbles from your friends–that is, until the changes happen.
Bryan
August 9, 2008 @ 12:33 am
StumbleUpon is still a complete mystery to me. I know you need to get friends, stumble content, etc but I don’t get how it works exactly. I know that once a friend stumbles my content it takes off like crazy…but other than that no clue.
BTW…thanks for stopping by my site and commenting. I appreciate it.
nhuog
August 16, 2008 @ 7:03 pm
@ bryan
If we all knew how it works, we would all try to game the system. Keeping it a secret is good so that the spammers won’t get in.
Thanks for this announcement. I didn’t know about it till i got here.
Geoserv
September 2, 2008 @ 12:47 pm
Best news I’ve heard all day.
Thanks for the heads up.
Justin
September 2, 2008 @ 6:04 pm
“Keeping it a secret is good so that the spammers won’t get in. ”
Doesn’t anyone remember Stumble Cards!
Gary R. Hess
September 2, 2008 @ 6:48 pm
Yeah, I remember those things. I don’t blame the spammers, but the people who actually thumbed up those things. If people like it, is it really spam?
harleyblues
November 8, 2008 @ 5:26 pm
Hey thanx for the tip, I never know when I am getting stumbled, lol Im still confused about stumble
hb