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Written by Peter R. Bloomfield | Friday, 21 March 2008 18:28 | 0 comments
I've never been too fond of link sharing systems. I did sign up for Delicious and DiggIt and so forth, just to try them out, but I never really found that they hit the spot for me. But I've also noticed my surfing habits have become remarkably stale these days too... I was never really exploring the web the way it's meant to be.

Thankfully, I found a solution! Hurrah! :D

StumbleUpon (http://www.stumbleupon.com/) is a great link-sharing system, provided you don't mind installing a web-toolbar. (I'm not usually a fan of them, but I like this one). You tell it your approximate interests when you sign-up, then when you've got the toolbar, just hit the "Stumble!" button to be taken to a random site which matches your profile.

When you're at a site, you can click "I Like It!" or "I don't like it!", and it will use that information to better filter your stumble results over time. (As far as I know, it ignores your surfing habits unless you deliberately click the "I Like It!" or "I don't like it!" buttons).

I've found some pretty cool stuff already through it, and suspect that I'll use it a lot in the future. It's awesome! Just click and stumble across something random.

I like surfing this way! :>>

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