Comments on: StumbleUpon Going After Abusive Users

By: jami

jami — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:25:32 +0000

also, i’d direct you to my stumbleupon reviews to verify that they’re not abusive, but unless you’re allowed to see x-rated content (which apparently limits your ability to interact with other users), you can’t see anything i’ve written, which is laughably un-x-rated.

it’s a little kafka-esque. for now, i’ve dropped that addictive little stumble button, until they fix it or at least email me back to tell me what happened. if they’re going to shut people down based on the complaints of thin-skinned whiners, they’re gonna have the blandest, most granniest site imaginable in short order.

By: jami

jami — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:19:41 +0000

this would be good if people didn’t tend toward being dishonest whiny babies, and if stumbleupon didn’t completely muzzle people based on a couple of complaints. i’ve somehow been rated “X” on stumbleupon. i’ve dropped an f-bomb and a couple of esses, in no one’s particular direction. i’ve also criticized misogynist web sites. i don’t think i’m rated “X” for a handful of swears directed at web pages, not people. i think i’m rated “X” for feminism. it’s pretty horrifying censorship. i wrote to stumbleupon about it several days ago, and i haven’t heard a thing.

By: Marty Weintraub

Marty Weintraub — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:42:24 +0000

@Chris: It’s amazing actually.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:31:02 +0000

I had no idea this was such a problem

By: Marty Weintraub

Marty Weintraub — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:04:52 +0000

@Derek: Ditto

By: Derek

Derek — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:01:33 +0000

Marty, thanks for the post as this is actually the first that I have seen the new rating/flag system over at SU.

It is something that I think is certainly needed, however my only concern is that there is the possibility of misuse on the part of malicious people. It will be interesting to see how SU/eBay reacts to the flags as the hope would be it is not just a smoke and mirror resolution to a problem.

By: spostareduro

spostareduro — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:52:14 +0000

I see we have the spam gods among us…garndocaloxamargorgonazixintar, that’s classic..lol

By: Marty Weintraub

Marty Weintraub — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:53:44 +0000

@spostareduro: It’s an honor to host the dialog :).

By: spostareduro

spostareduro — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:43:30 +0000

Adtracker: Hi, sorry it took so long to reply. I was enjoying the weekend (smile)

I haven’t taken offense. I feel the conversation is a learning experience for everyone involved and I appreciate Marty for offering a forum for it. (Thanks Marty!)

Everyone’s opinion is a good opinion if used to analyze remedies. I’m all for it because I am just learning myself. (smile)

Although, I do not take a stance that can afford to ‘not care’…I am trying to make a ‘go’ of things and things of this nature can become a problem in reputation management for one. I am not going to drop a link in the comment area, but a few days back, I wrote a post regarding this called “Learning SEO: Reputation Management”. Maybe you’ll find the post and commentary of value.

Marty: Interesting read. “Will ebay Wreck StumbleUpon?”..Do we want ebay to know our habits? Scary..I’m with Adtracker in wondering where all of this is truly going…

By: Ad Tracker

Ad Tracker — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:58:43 +0000

Well, there you go. Like I said, when I started I didn’t know anything and that happened right before I started. I still can’t figure out how they plan to monetize the thing.

Of course, I still haven’t figured out why in the world Yahoo bought MyBlogLog.

Sometimes I wonder if the gianst just get aquisition fever and gobble up things for no real reason. Think AOL/TimeWarner