{"id":506956,"date":"2022-11-05T15:00:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/stumbleupon-made-the-internet-feel-small\/"},"modified":"2022-11-05T15:00:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T12:00:29","slug":"stumbleupon-made-the-internet-feel-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stumbleupon-made-the-internet-feel-small\/","title":{"rendered":"#StumbleUpon Made the Internet Feel Small"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a295e0594ef6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a295e0594ef6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stumbleupon-made-the-internet-feel-small\/#%E2%80%9CStumbleUpon_Made_the_Internet_Feel_Small%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;StumbleUpon Made the Internet Feel Small&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stumbleupon-made-the-internet-feel-small\/#What_Was_StumbleUpon\" >What Was StumbleUpon?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stumbleupon-made-the-internet-feel-small\/#A_Tool_for_Explorers\" >A Tool for Explorers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stumbleupon-made-the-internet-feel-small\/#Making_the_Internet_More_Walkable\" >Making the Internet More Walkable<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stumbleupon-made-the-internet-feel-small\/#What_Happened_to_StumbleUpon\" >What Happened to StumbleUpon?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CStumbleUpon_Made_the_Internet_Feel_Small%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;StumbleUpon Made the Internet Feel Small&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-844472\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/stumbleupon.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"StumbleUpon logo.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/lisbon-portugal-august-27-2014-photo-214150534\">Gil C \/ Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The internet is home to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/siteefy.com\/how-many-websites-are-there\/\">over one billion websites<\/a>\u2014and no great way to aimlessly explore them. StumbleUpon was the answer to this problem. It put a big \u201cShuffle\u201d button on the internet, and the web didn\u2019t feel so big.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Was_StumbleUpon\"><\/span>What Was StumbleUpon?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>StumbleUpon was created in 2001 by Garrett Camp, Geoff Smith, Justin LaFrance, and Eric Boyd. The idea came from the fact that typical search engines only work if you know what you\u2019re looking for. Music discovery had Pandora, but there wasn\u2019t anything similar for the internet.<\/p>\n<p>The solution they came up with was StumbleUpon. On the surface, it seemed pretty simple\u2014just a toolbar with a \u201cStumble\u201d button and thumbs-up and down options. It was simple to use too. At the press of a button, you were presented with a random website, which you could then rate to help your future Stumbles.<\/p>\n<p>In the background, there was machine learning and algorithms working to figure out what type of websites you might like to see. You could also do more focused Stumbling in specific topics and categories. But in essence, it was simply a way to randomly wander around the internet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>Pandora Still Exists, and It&#8217;s Refreshingly Simple<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Tool_for_Explorers\"><\/span>A Tool for Explorers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-844658\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-10-28_16-07-10.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"StumbleUpon in 2010.\" width=\"650\" height=\"364\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">StumbleUpon in 2010.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>StumbleUpon was a darling child of the internet in the late 2000s and early 2010s. It was a time when the internet was still primarily a thing people accessed on a computer. Smartphones were becoming popular, but not everyone had one yet.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of people were getting their first taste of the post-dial-up internet at this time. That made StumbleUpon the perfect tool for people looking to explore the \u201cnew\u201d internet. It was the same feeling as getting your first smartphone and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a>ing a bunch of apps. Everything was new and exciting.<\/p>\n<p>I bought my first laptop in 2007, and a friend told me about StumbleUpon. It was just the right thing for an internet newbie. I had this whole new world in front of me\u2014but no idea where to start. It really was like moving to a brand new city and trying to find things to do.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Making_the_Internet_More_Walkable\"><\/span>Making the Internet More Walkable<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-844659\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-10-28_16-10-35.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"StumbleUpon in 2014.\" width=\"650\" height=\"418\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">StumbleUpon in 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>StumbleUpon made the internet feel much more accessible. You were just a click away from discovering an interesting website you would have never known about.<\/p>\n<p>The internet is like a massive city\u2014it\u2019s easy to go your whole life not knowing a great restaurant is just a couple of blocks away. In the same way, you might have no idea there\u2019s a very popular website out there with content that\u2019s right up your alley.<\/p>\n<p>That was the magic of StumbleUpon. It made the massive city of the internet feel more connected. One minute you\u2019re looking at a blog by some guy with an alpaca farm, the next minute you\u2019re engrossed in a story from a local <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper in Utah. How else would you have ever come across those two websites?<\/p>\n<p>Of course, not every site you stumbled upon would be interesting\u2014you probably don\u2019t like every restaurant you\u2019ve tried either. But that was what made it fun. It wasn\u2019t about literally trying to find a new website to add to your rotation, it was about exploring a new place. That place just happened to be the entire internet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>How to See a List of Restaurants You&#8217;ve Visited in Google Maps<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Happened_to_StumbleUpon\"><\/span>What Happened to StumbleUpon?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019ve been talking about StumbleUpon in the past tense, but it does <em>technically<\/em> still exist. In 2018, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/5\/24\/17389230\/stumbleupon-shut-down-internet-discovery\">StumbleUpon was shut down<\/a> in favor of the Garrett Camp\u2019s new service called \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=204a528a336ede4177fff0d84a044482&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmix.com%2F&amp;cuid=xid:{xid}&amp;___trxnet=vg\">Mix<\/a>.\u201d StumbleUpon accounts were transitioned to Mix, and users were able to import their StumbleUpon favorites.<\/p>\n<p>Mix is also geared toward discovery, but it\u2019s not about websites anymore. It surfaces photos and videos in a way that seems very similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit<\/a> or TikTok. The magic of StumbleUpon is dead.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are still services that do what the original StumbleUpon made popular. \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/webroll.io\/\">WebRoll<\/a>\u201d is a web app that offers a very similar experience to StumbleUpon. The internet is a very different place now, though. You might not find as many friendly personal blogs made by alpaca farmers.<\/p>\n<p>For a moment in time, StumbleUpon brought the internet closer together. 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