Comments on: Beware of Andy Beard’s Stumbles!

By: StumbleUpon Has Longest Traffic Surfing Ratio. Become A Power Stumbler! | Anthony Jude Lawrence Dot Com

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:38:23 +0000

[...] Because you stroked their ego [...]

By: 25 Reasons You Get Thumbs Up | Andy Beard - Niche Marketing

25 Reasons You Get Thumbs Up | Andy Beard - Niche Marketing — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:53:15 +0000

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By: Is being Stumbled the new Slashdotted? — Keiron’s Window to Madness

Is being Stumbled the new Slashdotted? — Keiron’s Window to Madness — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:05:19 +0000

[...] Vlad @ Affiliate Journey on the other hand had the experience of being Stumbled by Andy Beard, which led to him receiving 500 visitors in 10 minutes. [...]

By: Andy (Another one)

Andy (Another one) — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:39:04 +0000

I’m not sure I agree with the thumbs down button. I would prefer to be an Ignore function for that user so the page is not served again. I know I’ve thumbed down one or two things but I still get them served from time to time and that was the only reason I thumbed it down, so I didn’t get to see it again which is how I thought it worked? Obviously not.
Personally, I don’t like rejecting anything out of hand unless it something really nasty. What stumbleupon needs is the current thumbs up – Hey! Look at this guys, I like it! – The thumbs down – Nope! Sorry I don’t like it (But that doesn’t mean that the article is then buried – others may like it – in fact I don’t agree that an article should be buried at all) plus an extra button – Ignore or ‘Seen That’ – OK! I’ve seen that like 20-30 times already, lay of a while ok?
That way others get to see a page even if it has been thumbed down and no special rating is given to a page either way. If a user then doesn’t want to see the page again, they hit the ignore button and that user doesn’t get to see it again. Simple enough to do really.
Anyway just my slant on it. Just because one person doesn’t like something doesn’t mean others will dislike it and vice versa. It needs the third option IMHO and that goes with all social bookmarking sites in a way. That third option though should only be user specific and not associated with the rating of an article in any way. I see that as being way more fair in operation.
hmm maybe an idea for starting up a new social bookmarking site with a different approach – a Fair one.
nb: No nicking my idea now lol

By: Andy (Another one)

Andy (Another one) — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:39:04 +0000

I'm not sure I agree with the thumbs down button. I would prefer to be an Ignore function for that user so the page is not served again. I know I've thumbed down one or two things but I still get them served from time to time and that was the only reason I thumbed it down, so I didn't get to see it again which is how I thought it worked? Obviously not.
Personally, I don't like rejecting anything out of hand unless it something really nasty. What stumbleupon needs is the current thumbs up – Hey! Look at this guys, I like it! – The thumbs down – Nope! Sorry I don't like it (But that doesn't mean that the article is then buried – others may like it – in fact I don't agree that an article should be buried at all) plus an extra button – Ignore or 'Seen That' – OK! I've seen that like 20-30 times already, lay of a while ok?
That way others get to see a page even if it has been thumbed down and no special rating is given to a page either way. If a user then doesn't want to see the page again, they hit the ignore button and that user doesn't get to see it again. Simple enough to do really.
Anyway just my slant on it. Just because one person doesn't like something doesn't mean others will dislike it and vice versa. It needs the third option IMHO and that goes with all social bookmarking sites in a way. That third option though should only be user specific and not associated with the rating of an article in any way. I see that as being way more fair in operation.
hmm maybe an idea for starting up a new social bookmarking site with a different approach – a Fair one.
nb: No nicking my idea now lol

By: krotzyk

krotzyk — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:42:54 +0000

Congrats! I have received some stumbles which gave just about 500 visitors in 30 minutes. My own profile generates just about 100-200 visitors but I hope my profile gets bigger soon

By: krotzyk

krotzyk — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:42:54 +0000

Congrats! I have received some stumbles which gave just about 500 visitors in 30 minutes. My own profile generates just about 100-200 visitors but I hope my profile gets bigger soon

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:01:29 +0000

That was a negative review, not a thumb down – thumb downs are not visible

I just marked the negative review as not being useful, because it wasn’t

Whilst this post is quite sort, there is useful information in it for people interested in this kind of content.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:39:03 +0000

Lord Matt,

I thought this was going to last because Andy Stumbled this post was well. However I also know the power of “thumb down” on Stumble . Just got one.

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:01:29 +0000

That was a negative review, not a thumb down – thumb downs are not visible

I just marked the negative review as not being useful, because it wasn't

Whilst this post is quite sort, there is useful information in it for people interested in this kind of content.