Still searching for a new place to call home
I didn’t find an exact fit to replace Stumbleupon when I wandered away a few months ago, but Tumblr was (and still is) beguiling.
However I’ve become quite lethargic about it in recent weeks and days. I just feel any effort applied here is wasted, as people value an attractive pic way out of proportion to everything else.
EG, I wanted to “play” 12-13 hours ago but no-one else seemed to be around; no-one followed up anything I said and I might as well have been in an empty room. The same was true earlier tonight (my time), when I was ready and waiting … only a trickle came into my feed; not enough to stay interested. Then I came back about an hour ago and found a torrent of new items, more than I can keep up with — so I’m thinking either this is peak hour right now, or there was a logjam in the traffic flow earlier. When I was in SU’s thrall it was like working two jobs — demanding, but good intellectual exercise with good friendships made along the way.
I was kept on my toes and it felt less ephemeral than either Tumblr or Facebook. I do still miss it … but a network is only as good as its active membership, and SU’s declined seriously during the course of 2009.
Now it is rare to find anyone writing a useful review of a website, though I still hit that (blandly renamed) “info” button when visiting an unfamiliar site in the hope of getting some insights.
It very rarely delivers.
