I Link You

Stumbled on an interesting plug-in

"StumbleUpon" lets you channel-surf the best internet sites on the web. It is a social tagging tool for browsing, reviewing, and sharing great sites with people who have similar interests. Signing up is relatively easy. Just download the plug-in (works for Firefox and IE), and click on the Stumble! icon.

When you click on the Stumble! icon on your toolbar, StumbleUpon will send you sites and pages based on the topics you choose. Stumble! as much as you want as there are millions on sites on the database submitted and recommended by fellow Stumblers. You can rate the pages sent to you with a thumbs up or thumbs down. When you thumb the page, you can also submit a review and/or read reviews by fellow Stumblers.

You can also communicate with other Stumblers. Once you have chosen a photo to represent you, you can talk to other Stumblers or block them if they annoyed you. You can also make friends because you like their pages. Once you make friends, you can regularly look at your network page and see your fellow Stumblers' information. Other social networking features on this application includes making groups, discussing on forums, sending/receiving messages, and making/sharing your own pages.

I've wasted A LOT of time with this feature. Almost as much as browsing through Wikipedia. I've discovered some really cool sites using this application because I'm just too lazy to wade through all search results Google and Yahoo! give me.

posted by Koh @ 5:34 PM