Stumble Hard

by Michael (michael@code4life.com)

I love web-comics and soon realized with Stumble that there are a LOT of web-comics. I decided to stop giving thumbs up to every one that made me smirk. I decided to only thumbs up the ones that made me laugh out loud or to the ones I sent to friends. I want more of those, because I'll never be able to see all the web-comics out there, so I might as well see the best (totally subjective I know). It's true, not just of web-comics, but of every topic. Life is too short, so I'm going to Stumble Hard, and I figured I'd pass my thoughts on. (2/14/08 - added this opening paragraph)

There are unknown billions of web pages in existence. We can't see them all, but we don't want to see them all. We want to see the best. That's what Stumble helps us do. But, it's becoming harder and harder to find those gems with Stumble--too much clutter and too many distractions.

What Can We Do

I've given my share of thumbs up to questionably interesting sites. Maybe you have too. But no more! No "Thumbs up" for a comic strip, unless it made you laugh or made you want to share it with friends. Thumbs down to that picture of a cake shaped like a wii, or ps3, 360, classic mac, ubuntu logo, pac mac, etc...

Those sites might seem like simple diversions, and where's the harm in giving it a thumbs up? Well, We don't want\need simple diversions. We can do better. We want real, engrossing diversions. Ones that make you go "wow" and enrich life. They're out there. I've found them in Stumble. However, I have to go through 10, 20, or more time wasters to find the good stuff.

We just need to think before giving a thumbs up. How did Kok get 35 thumbs up? I truly believe everyone of those stumblers wouldn't have given it a thumbs up, if they took a second to think it over. Now, I'm not suggesting you give it a thumbs down, and if you truly enjoy the site then by all means, give it a thumbs up. Just ask the question, if I never saw this site would I care?

Go back in your stumble history and correct your mistakes. Thumb down those sites that don't make the cut. There are enough great sites. We don't need to waste time on anything less.

So I say, "Stumble Hard."

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