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You're right, I worry too much

nannygoats — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:42:34 -0600

BUT...it made for a good blog post.

Margaret

Nanny Goats In Panties (www.nannygoatsinpanties.com)

relax

Adriennevh — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:20:29 -0600

I tweet from my phone all the time, but I have such cheapy phne and crappy service that I don't see other people's tweets. So she may have never even saw your reply. Don't sweat it. It was funny. ANd it has already been done. During the last earthquake California had a woman was notated as being one of the first to tweet it and she did it from the gyno office.

Thanks!

becky w. — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:31:04 -0600

I signed up a while back and have the toolbar. I just had no clue how to use it! I will definately read the other articles you linked above as well.

Becky W.

I blog about my family and life in general at http://nooniebug.blogspot.com

To Stumble a post

Melanie Nelson — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:14:58 -0600

To Stumble a post (yours or someone else's) you'll need to install the StumbleUpon toolbar (it's part of the instructions when you're signing up and easy to do). Then, when you want to Stumble something, you click on the thumbs up icon (it says I like it! next to it) on the toolbar (you can click on the screen shots above for a better view of the toolbar).

If you just want to surf, you can click the Stumble! button (on the farthest left of the SU toolbar) to see web sites you might like based on what you said you were interested in when you signed up. If you particularly like one of these random sites, click the thumbs up button on the SU toolbar to Stumble it (i.e., vote for it).

Stumbling something is really just a way to tell others that use StumbleUpon "Hey! This page is good for people with this interest!" The more Stumbles a page gets, the more it's shown. But, as I said in the article, you need to be careful about Stumbling your own articles too much.

Melanie
Blogging Basics 101
Bloggy Giveaways
Don't Try This at Home

I still don't get it!

becky w. — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:05:15 -0600

I think I am just a little dense, but I'm just gonna put this all out there. How do I get my posts stumbled? And I still don't really know how to stumble a post that I like if it doesn't have the SU link already there.

Becky W.

I blog about my family and life in general at http://nooniebug.blogspot.com

For a few days

Virginia DeBolt — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:15:29 -0600

There was NO preferences tab on my page. Then suddenly there it was, and I managed to get things changed. Very strange.

Virginia DeBolt
BlogHer Technology Contributing Editor
Web Teacher
First 50 Words

Using StumbleUpon with Facebook

Melanie Nelson — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:34:39 -0600

I think I have this right, but if anyone with more experience has more info, please feel free to chime in!

StumbleUpon defines a friend as:

A friend is someone whose pages you like. By adding them to your friends list, you will start to receive pages that they like when you Stumble!

Note that it is not necessary to actually like a person in order to make them your friend! Neither is it considered necessary to ask their permission when adding them to your list of friends.

You can have friends you know (e.g., via your gmail contacts) and friends you don't know. People you've come across via SU that appear to have the same interests and are stumbling interesting content.

These are the friends you'll see in your SU Friends account (once you friend them). To use Facebook, my understanding is that you're not adding your Facebook friends to your SU list, rather you're seeing their stumbles within a Facebook app. You're not adding them to your SU Friend list; they are kept over at Facebook and you have a separate SU app to see what they have stumbled recently.

This seems inefficient to me, which is why I'm wondering if I'm wrong on this. However, I did not see a way to add your current Facebook contacts to your SU Friends list. I'm sending an e-mail to the folks at StumbleUpon for clarification. If I hear back from them I'll let you know.

Melanie
Blogging Basics 101
Bloggy Giveaways

Seriously!

Liz Rizzo — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:16:46 -0600

That took me forever to find!

It's under "Your Home" "Preferences" "Public Profile"

Liz Rizzo

I blog at Everyday Goddess.

Changing Your Profile Info

Melanie Nelson — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:16:05 -0600

Go to StumbleUpon.com > Your Home > Preferences > Public Profile.

There you'll see a place to include a short bio and your URL.

Melanie
Blogging Basics 101
Bloggy Giveaways
Don't Try This at Home

I'd like to change my profile

Virginia DeBolt — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:08:55 -0600

on StumbleUpon to include the URL of my blog, and I can't find any way to edit my own profile. Do you know how to do that?

Virginia DeBolt
BlogHer Technology Contributing Editor
Web Teacher
First 50 Words

Stumbleupon traffic

Liz Rizzo — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:44:51 -0600

There's got to be a certain amount of Stumbleupon traffic driven by misclicks. I keep getting to the item stumbled when I mean to get to the Stumbleupon page about the item.

Liz Rizzo

I blog at Everyday Goddess.

So how do I add my Facebook friends...

Liz Rizzo — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:16:53 -0600

who are already using Stumbleupon to my Stumbleupon? It tells me who they are, but there's no button to add them to my Stumbleupon, only to invite people who *aren't* using Stumbleupon. It seems like the logical first step would be to connect to people who are already there.

Liz Rizzo

I blog at Everyday Goddess.

I've been using SU for

Amy Gates — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:42:46 -0600

I've been using SU for months and I still learned a lot from your tutorial. Thank you for putting this together. Oh, and I gave it a thumbs up. :)

Amy
Crunchy Domestic Goddess
BlogHers Act contributing editor

Stumble Upon is great

Giyen — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:28:32 -0600

This is a great tutorial.

I think that Stumble Upon is great for networking. I've had a lot of traffic from being Stumbled, but the net gain is always marginal. The drive by analogy is a good one.

Giyen

Bacon Is My Enemy

Lastest Post:

Pigeon Heads Are Crunch Things

Very interesting!

Kalyn Denny — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:52:46 -0600

Thanks for the thorough post. I've been curious about it, since a few of my posts have gotten stumbled and I seemed to be getting quite a bit of traffic from it. (Thank you to whoever is doing it!)

Now it sounds like I need to share the love.

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen