StumbleUpon closing after 16 years, accounts can be migrated to Mix

Re:StumbleUpon closing after 16 years, accounts can be migra... by eip on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:47PM (#17145838)

> I have been reflecting on ways to fix it lately.

Don't worry. They are pulling a Stumbleupon/Digg right now. Taking something that isn't broken and trying to fix it. The redesign is corporate suicide.

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Re:StumbleUpon closing after 16 years, accounts can be migra... by jclos on Thursday May 24, 2018 @01:52PM (#17146483)

This is actually great. The only way a potentially viable alternative will succeed is if there is a mass migration from the main site, so I welcome their corporate suicide.

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Re:StumbleUpon closing after 16 years, accounts can be migra... by brownbat on Thursday May 24, 2018 @03:41PM (#17147559)

Digg is actually pretty good now that it's 100% curated.

Killing the community was one of the best moves they could have made.

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Re:StumbleUpon closing after 16 years, accounts can be migra... by eip on Thursday May 24, 2018 @06:36PM (#17149110)

If their goal was to go from a top 50 website to a top 3000 website they certainly succeeded.

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Re:StumbleUpon closing after 16 years, accounts can be migra... by brownbat on Friday May 25, 2018 @07:13PM (#17158926)

I wouldn't want to confuse popularity with quality.

Reality shows and daytime television are popular, that doesn't make them the best version of the art form.

HN flies a little under the radar. I don't think that's a failing.

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