Momentum of the Muse

The verdict is in – I am a big fan of StumbleUpon!

The Cons:

• You can lose a LOT of time stumbling around. You can really fall down the rabbit hole. I kept clicking Stumble after Stumble after Stumble – lo and behold – FOUR hours had passed, and it was 4 a.m. Just call me Alice in StumbleLand.
• The Facebook app is ridiculous. You should be able to add it without having to invite every single friend on your list. I know that list needs cleaning, and I hate being one of those people who sends a weird random invite to some social thing they could care less about, especially since they met me one time. Probably after I had two martinis, became their best friend, and exclaimed repeatedly that “We should totally do something!” I’ll digress just in case there is a way out of this, but I couldn’t find it.
• You sometimes hit a lot of garbage before you hit the gold. The Original Fart Fact website? Shudder …

The Pros:

• When you’re locked for ideas, inspiration can be found. I ran into some neat sites, that got my brain out of it’s slump. I kept my word processor and my mind open to ideas, jotted them down, and got a whole whack of new material to work with.
• User based, user verified. It’s like the Zagat ratings, although I trust the Zagat ratings more than a stumble. But, sometimes google will get you to a result that nobody would give a thumbs up to. You get a result that makes your face go thumbs down in terms of being totally useless. So, as stumbler, you give it that hearty thumbs down it deserves and move on to greener fields.
• Get traffic to your blog or sites. By making friends with fellow stumblers, they can stumble your posts, you stumble theirs. You give me a hot stone massage and pedicure, I teach you how to make origami – that old saying and deal. Social media is all the rage, so I figured I’d focus on some speed of implementation, try these sites out. A healthy mix of a couple social media outlets is a great way to make new contacts, learn from them, teach them, mingle and mix to share all things good.

So, if you decide to try out stumbleupon, or you’re already on it, feel free to friend me here.

If you have any other pros, cons or thoughts, please feel free to share in the comments.