Ok so it’s no longer a secret. People are starting to find out about the next big step in social media StumbledUpon is like a big social media slot machine. It is a discovery engine that lets its users (stumblers) find things across the web according to their interests and preferences. SU is not considered a search engine because when you use them to search, you are not looking for a particular subject rather any information the site can find about your topic. I find this way of searching actually fun because you are not scrolling through numerous pages hoping to find information you can use.
The SU community relies on ratings, the more “hits” a site gets, the better the rating it gets the site. Information that gets a lot of thumbs-up and high ratings will be shown to lots of Stumblers.Content that either doesn’t get voted for or receives thumb-downs will be shown to fewer Stumblers. The profile of the users that either thumb content up or down also effects how well the submission does. Newly submitted content passes through the “classification engine” before it is entered into the system. I feel that this is my absolutely favorite way to search about my favorite topics. I also use this site when I am doing research, and trying to get ideas for speeches.
