I would love to hear some feedback and ideas. Always looking for ways to improve the site. :)

Thanks for the concern. I have more karma than a few seasonal downvotes can affect - but it is curious to see the tide changing here

Use the Apollo app. Zero ads.

I’m autistic as shit, which I only bring up to say that I have a hard time parsing tone over text, so I always lean in to giving the benefit of the doubt by default when I’m unsure of tone, but I am an outlier because its something I am cognizant about.

I’d wager most people just go to their cold reads and vote accordingly unfortunately.

And in my experience of having my comments misconstrued on Reddit, as cathartic as it is to be snarky and passive aggressive when that happens, that has only garnered me even more downvotes to express my frustration in that way.

I’m not saying you should do anything, just sharing my relevant knowledge for you to make a more informed decision 👍🏻

May our next meeting be on warmer sands, my friend

Upvotes are good. Karma was a mistake.

Does an upvote system need to exist though? There wasnt* need for that in a discussion based forum with actual moderators. It wasn't a slam dunking karma game.

Reddit's upvote system is much better than forums. They essentially had /new and top/all-time as sorting options.

Algorithmic feeds are a war crime.

It's a shame, since forums are far superior to this format we have now, which seems to be designed to push ads

Precisely!

God know what all the down-votes are for...

I guess a lot of people didn't get the Christmas gifts they were hoping for.

Such a dramatic soundtrack for shitting. Hope you're OK. lol

Stumbleupon was like the golden age of the internet.

There's a subreddit, r/cloudhiker.

Just open a new Private Window in your browser.

That wasn't clear at all

That's cool AF, thanks and happy Xmas

Sites make money from ads. StumbleUpon was having trouble selling ads (and thus being profitable)

Source: work in advertising and used StumbleUpon for clients back in the day. Was fantastic for some campaigns, but they struggled to get the targeting right and value for clients, or enough traction to be profitable.

People seem to forget something like 30% of web traffic is for porn and they all pretend not to want it. Also, StumbleUpon used to be great for porn, so the comment is relevant.

And now you’re using Reddit to discover this!

Life is a beautiful circle

Tried it, but can't reset categories

My comment was meant to stimulate discussion around what non Redditors user to centralize content...but ok. Merry Christmas.

i'm guessing you clear your cookies for that site

Cool!

Probably low revenue compared to cost, with declining returns. Lots of that due to reasons other people talked about here like centralization.

I loved stumble upon and I absolutely hate how they transitioned to the mix. Then they made the mix ONLY for mobile devices. This site is scratching the itch but has some way to go.

Reddit replaced the hundreds of forums we used to have. 90% of online human interaction happens on 5 social media sites. Amazon replaced every manufacturer having their own shipping service. Local news sites are dead.

Edit: Google has replaced or purchased Flickr, Map Quest, Yahoo, UTube, and Motorola Droid. To a lesser extent Microsoft Office, Dropbox, shopping directly on websites, and the news.