I’ve tried to deal with StumbleUpon a few times, but every time I try I end up asking myself “What is StumbleUpon?” or “How Does StumbleUpon Work?” It seems that whenever I start browsing through StumbleUpon, I quickly get lost and have no idea what it is that I’m looking at.
Every user seems to have several pages connected to their profile. The main page appears to be a type of blog where the user can post comments and links to websites that they enjoy - but the confusion starts when I really want to start “stumbling” new websites. Yes you can go to the pages that have been selected by a given user, but there is just something about the way that everything interconnects that leaves me wondering if I’m seeing the full picture? Even when I go to the StumbleUpon homepage, I feel like I am seeing the same 10 sites that I always see.
As far as social networking and traffic building go, I find sites like Delicious and MyBlogLog to be much easier to understand and navigate. I’m not an internet newbie, but StumbleUpon just leaves me wondering what’s the point of it all.