StumbleUpon is a free tool that discovers new websites based on your interest. It learns what you like, and each time you click the stumble button, you are taken to one new website from another. There are over 500 interest to choose from and tens of millions of websites. The difference with stumble upon is that it is tailored to your interest. The website is personalized to its user to help link their interest, friends, and similar users. When generating a Stumble Upon account, you are asked your interest from the list of subjects. There is a broad range of topics to choose from, they are put into your "interests" and chosen at random when you stumble. The interest range from all types of hobbies, sports, spiritual, games, movies, fashion and even personal advice. User can Stumble at random or they can select a one specific interest to search. The site uses different kinds media such as photos, video, cookbooks, and puzzles. Overall, StumbleUpon is a great form of participatory culture, because the websites utilization of many forms of media in combination with its social networking community.
The website allows you to rate your websites, thumbs up or thumbs down. The more someone stumbles the better it gets, since it learns your interest and more personalized. They use your rating and ratings of others to determine what sites are best for you. The websites liked are then saved on your profile page giving you the ability to revisit them. StumbleUpon also allows you to share your interest through email, or other users. Depending on what you have like'd the website also generates a list of suggested friends who find the same sites on their like list. This is a great way to find friends with similar interest if that is something you would like. Otherwise, it is cool to snoop around on other people’s site to find pages/sites you may also enjoy. Looking at what your friends have found interesting on Stumble is great for networking, since your friends generally have the same interest as you do. Linking and sending the site you have found is also an option. This is a great connection to make with friends, new or old.
Stumble upon creates a participatory culture that puts the effort in if you use it or not. Unlike other personalized search engines, StumbleUpon uses all forms of media. When you click stumble you never know if you are going to get a photo, video, quotes, or some other cool website. It introduces you to new websites in an entertaining yet educational way which is hard to do. StumbleUpon is not just another YouTube that gets you to watch videos that are usually pointless and repetitive. This website inspires people with new topics and websites with each click. Personaly it makes me want to look at more, and share the website with my friend. I share the website with my friends not because they are stupid or funny, but because they are relevant to their life. I also send useful links to my friends such as, recipes, articles, photos that can be inspiring and interesting.
StumbleUpon acts the same way YouTube does for cultural politics as authors Burgess, Jean and Green and Joshua stated in the article "YouTubes Cultural Politics." Both sites on the Internet "where marginal, subcultural, and community-based modes of cultural production a design incorporated within the commercial logic's of major media corporations." The authors feel YouTube is big enough, and its resources are being used in the best way possible. If you look past the silly and generic YouTube videos of cats, there is a whole world of YouTube including drama and content. The videos have meaning and can play a role in politics, education, learning, debates, music, movies and more. The ordinary activities of its users, in theory, could constitute practices of cultural citizenship. Its uses can be educational but are mostly used for mind-less entertainment.
The article states that YouTube is also great because it takes the relationship between the individual and the community in cultural differences, creating a mediated social world like Stumble. It is individual and collective because of its shared likes and dislikes through the networks accounts. One of the biggest difference in YouTube and StumbleUpon is that YouTube content is posted by the viewers. Allowing people to put what ever they would like on the Internet serving as both an advantage and disadvantage. If you want to find someone playing the guitar to a Dave Matthews song, there are a hundred choices to choose from. With so much to choose from difficultys may lie whrn trying to find something specific, but on the plus side who doesnt a like veriaty?
In summary, the SumbleUpon search engine is a great way to connect with your interest, friends, and community. Taking your interest and finds new websites while sharing common likes with your friends. Joining this network is an advantage for all because it entertains, inspires, and educates you on topics that are relevant to you.
StumbleUpon acts the same way YouTube does for cultural politics as authors Burgess, Jean and Green and Joshua stated in the article "YouTubes Cultural Politics." Both sites on the Internet "where marginal, subcultural, and community-based modes of cultural production a design incorporated within the commercial logic's of major media corporations." The authors feel YouTube is big enough, and its resources are being used in the best way possible. If you look past the silly and generic YouTube videos of cats, there is a whole world of YouTube including drama and content. The videos have meaning and can play a role in politics, education, learning, debates, music, movies and more. The ordinary activities of its users, in theory, could constitute practices of cultural citizenship. Its uses can be educational but are mostly used for mind-less entertainment.
The article states that YouTube is also great because it takes the relationship between the individual and the community in cultural differences, creating a mediated social world like Stumble. It is individual and collective because of its shared likes and dislikes through the networks accounts. One of the biggest difference in YouTube and StumbleUpon is that YouTube content is posted by the viewers. Allowing people to put what ever they would like on the Internet serving as both an advantage and disadvantage. If you want to find someone playing the guitar to a Dave Matthews song, there are a hundred choices to choose from. With so much to choose from difficultys may lie whrn trying to find something specific, but on the plus side who doesnt a like veriaty?
In summary, the SumbleUpon search engine is a great way to connect with your interest, friends, and community. Taking your interest and finds new websites while sharing common likes with your friends. Joining this network is an advantage for all because it entertains, inspires, and educates you on topics that are relevant to you.
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