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Bring Back Stumbleupon
Do you remember Stumbleupon.com? I’m not talking about the new Stumbleupon that is merged with Mix.com, but the old Stumbleupon with its browser based tool bar that allowed you to click a button on the toolbar and be magically taken to websites you’d never seen before.
The old Stumbleupon, a discovery engine, was the best designed social media website ever built. From Wikipedia:
So what happened to Stumbleupon? Also according to Wikipedia:
“On September 25, 2012, StumbleUpon released a redesign of its website in beta, and extended it to all users on October 24.[16]
On January 16, 2013, StumbleUpon confirmed it had laid off 30% of their staff from 110 to 75 employees.[17]”
I knew the very instant that I was no longer able to use the Stumbleupon toolbar the programmers had shot themselves in the foot. Thousands of us cried out for the return of the toolbar but alas no one listened.
“On September 24, 2013, StumbleUpon acquired 5by, a video discovery app founded by Greg Isenberg.[18]
In August 2015, StumbleUpon was in financial debt and was re-acquired by Garrett Camp, who re-gained a majority share of the company.[19]
On June 30, 2018, StumbleUpon shut down”
