Comments on: StumbleUpon Sucks!!! Big Time!!!

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:29:13 +0000

I used stumble about 2 years ago when my account was banned for flagging a site called momlogic for spam and then bringing attention to the help forums about it. Apparently spam IS allowed on stumbleupon depending on if you pay money for it or not. momlogic account had thousands of stumbles all coming from one domain, 3 or more added per hour….many avid stumblers took attention to my help question and I was the one banned. Admin of stumble obviously care more about money than following their own rules….and I did come back to stumble and realized it’s actually 50% spam….so I think stumble banned me because I was getting to close to the fact stumble is now a marketing tool rather than interesting or a portal to fun.

I’m not trying to spend to much time on here but plenty of users did have an issue with momlogic because her domain was somehow impossible to block. It’s not fair to block a domain and see it within the next 10 stumbles!

By: Steve Gibson

Steve Gibson — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:45:44 +0000

My site was just banned from Stumbleupon. I see new articles come through where random people are voting them up. Nothing. No hits, they just sit there. I made the error of submitting too many articles myself. I did this because I wanted to make sure to select the right category, rather than leaving that to other users. I also never read the terms of service which states you can’t promote your own site there.

Customer service did get back to me, though they were condescending and unpleasant. Basically I was reprimanded for not thoroughly reading the TOS. Who reads those? Nobody. They could have easily offered warning messages when they saw that I was submitting too many articles from the same site. They prefer to hide the detail in the TOS and then cut loose their irascible service reps on those that learn the hard way.

The whole point is they want me to sign up for their advertising program. It’s 5 cents a visitor to get back on their blessed program.
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By: DiTesco

DiTesco — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:05:56 +0000

That's curious to know. I have been using both the toolbar (thumbs up) and su.pr and I have had no problems yet up to now. If this happens though and they do not give any response, than that definitely sucks. Nothing worst than having an answer and stay blind. I use BE too and I'm happy with it. Brian is doing a great job there to the extent that his site has already been cloned. .-= DiTesco´s last blog ..Amazon's Make Money With Twitter Program =-.

By: Georgie

Georgie — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:37:34 +0000

I really need to read up more on all these sites like SU digg etc...I feel clueless-stopping by from blog engage .-= Georgie´s last blog ..Things I Covet =-.

By: gautam hans

gautam hans — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:41:47 +0000

What i think has happened that you might stumbled a lot of pages from a particular site and that might have got u banned. I am not banned touch wood. But what i saw that stumbleupon can be a good traffic source. .-= gautam hans´s last blog ..33 super engagers to follow =-.

By: Hicham

Hicham — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:34:12 +0000

I am not into toolbars of any service even Google's since I prefer the clean browser. However I wonder why did they suspend the account? .-= Hicham´s last blog ..Egypt @ Digital Age =-.

By: Asswass

Asswass — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:22:02 +0000

I’m going to also remove the plugin Karen. I haven’t seen any traffic yet.
.-= Asswass´s last blog ..Worst day of Traffic to your Blog or Website? =-.

By: ishi

ishi — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:13:47 +0000

I know exactly how you’re feeling, i have to say i never had a problem with su but i did have exactly the same problem with adsense and my account was in the initial stage-it had only just been started and was waiting for approval-i appealed twice with an online set form and never even received an acknowledgment, and there is no other way to contact them, you are told you can only fill out the form!! so my sympathies. su is google right? so is adsense. we are just small fish in a big sea
.-= ishi´s last blog ..Apparently- =-.

By: Voide

Voide — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:09:52 +0000

Some services are not meant to stay, especially those who do not understand customer service. I myself have tried a few sites that I found to be pretty good, but the ignorance of the people running the sites put me off so I stopped using them. .-= Voide´s last blog ..Pixicast Episode #4 =-.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:18:03 +0000

I certainly think that it is a service I can do without, there was a mass of traffic for a brief moment, but then nothing ….

By: Daily Shot Mike

Daily Shot Mike — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:03:28 +0000

Very interesting. I just started using the Stumble Upon toolbar, it was my second time trying it out. The results weren't that great, I don't think I'll have any problem with no longer using the service. .-= Daily Shot Mike´s last blog ..Fresh Brews: Health Benefits, Smiley Faces And Vacations =-.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:53:03 +0000

Can’t wait to read your rant

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:51:33 +0000

I think some companies just don’t care, they get on with things and ignore people with their customer not-care service!

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:41:08 +0000

You must be visiting the sites that SU approves of

By: Extreme John

Extreme John — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:46:22 +0000

Yup I had great pleasure in removing my handy dandy Stumble Upon Toolbar, screw them. No reason as to why and of course the dirt bags don't respond. I have a rant on the way as well. .-= Extreme John´s last blog ..Progress Energy Price and Service FAIL =-.