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How To Boost Your StumbleUpon Friends List
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Ok, over the past week I have been trying to make friends on StumbleUpon as fast as I can.  Doing this, I learned some techniques that give results much quicker than normal. I would also like to mention that I do not view myself as an expert in the StumbleUpon community, however I have been experimenting with it for quite sometime.  Here is a list of ways to build your community.
  1. One technique would be to join the blogcatalog stumble group.  This group is full of other people like yourself trying to build their account profiles. There are threads upon threads of other stumblers trying to make friends by posting their profile pages in these threads.  All you need to do is add them as your friend, and most of them will return the favor.

  2. You can also go to digitalpoint forums.  If you don't have an account in this forum, I suggest your get one now, as the information that gets passed around freely there is invaluable.

    What you do there is you can make a thread in the freebies section saying that you will stumble any pages other readers post in your tread as long as they add you as a friend.  This is arguably one of the best and fastest ways to build up a new StumbleUpon account friends list.  One set-back that may occur using this method though is that you stumble some pretty ridiculous sites.  Sites that you would not normally stumble.

    Now when you start stumbling these sites, all the friends that you already have would see these stumbles.  I have not had this happen, but I have heard of stumblers losing a lot of the "quality stumblers" in their friends list because of this.  Since I have not had this happen yet I can not really say whats right and what wrong, but look at it this way.  No matter how you get your friends, once you have built up 200 friends, then you can be a bit more critical when stumbling and build your profile power once your reached your friend limit.

  3. My third recommendation that I feel works well would be to add as many top stumblers as you can find.  Don't stop there though.  If you stop here, those stumblers will just look at your profile, laugh, and then exit.  In order to get those guys and ladies to add you back on their friends list, send them a nice message.  In the message, make sure you include things like how they can benefit from having you on their friend list.  Try not to beg, as the StumbleUpon community doesn't really respond kindly to beggars, and other people who are trying to get something for nothing.

  4. Another technique that seems to work well is to review someones StumbleUpon profile page.  Please be sure it is a positive review!  Then just send them a message letting them know that you reviewed their profile, and added them as a friend.  That is all your really need to add.  Most stumblers will reply to this kindness and then return the favor.  You will run into a few that will not respond.  Don't worry about it, and just go onto the next one.  Remember, we are trying to build our community fast, so don't pity the loses!

  5. My fifth and final method would be to spend a little extra time with the active stumblers.  Say there is a stumblers with 1000 fans, and 200 friends.  First of all, don't even bother with this one because he/she couldn't add you if they wanted to as they have reached their friends limit, but pay extra attention to the members who have over 100 friends.  Getting these guys on your friends list is important.

    They are important because lets say you have 1 friend who also has 1 friend.  You stumble something, and your 1 friend sees it, and then flows down to his 1 friend.  Now lets say you have 1 friend who has 200 friends.  Your stumble shows to that 1 friend, but also to his or hers 200 friends!  So try a little harder to friend the active stumblers.

Well, that is all the tips and how tos I have learned so far while building my community.  I hoped you enjoyed reading this post, and if you have any other methods you use to get friends, feel free to comment this and let the other readers including myself in on the secret.

If you would like to add my latest StumbleUpon account to your friends list, the link is posted below.  Just message me that you read the blog post, and I'll add you back as my friend.  Thanks for reading!

My Profile: http://dlbrown06.stumbleupon.com/
By: Douglas Brown
Published: 12/09/07


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    18 Posted Comments:

    Excellent Post!

    @ 12:30 pm 12/09/07 by WAHM Tara
    I am new over at StumbleUpon and this is great info! I have been looking for ways to increase my friends!

    Thanks for the great tips.
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    @ 8:58 pm 12/09/07 by A Blog about Nothing
    Personally I've found the best way to get SU friends is to write good quality reviews of a decent number of the sites you stumble, thank people for stumbling your posts when they do (especially when you don't ask them too) and stumble a lot. It seems the more pages you have stumbled the more people ask to be your friends.
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    Good Idea

    @ 2:25 am 12/10/07 by Douglas
    The is a good method I did not mention. Just being kind to people in the stumbleupon community will go a long way.
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    Good post!

    @ 9:58 pm 12/10/07 by Clement
    Keep on coming up with great posts like these. I have 129 fans as of today, initially because of the BlogCatalog Stumble group. But now, I see people that I did not know before adding me...I also like to spend time in stumbleupon just browsing other people's stumbles
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    I have been working on that too

    @ 3:42 am 12/11/07 by Douglas
    Thats good to hear you liked the post. How long did it take for you to get up to 129 fans? I only have around 100, not not quite. I am looking forward to tip over that 100 mark.

    I noticed that when ever your start getting some fans, you end up getting more fans without doing anything. So if you just get something started, looks like you could just go with the flow. :)
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    You Haven't a Clue

    @ 8:14 am 12/11/07 by J.C.
    I don't have time to go in depth now but
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    What Happened

    @ 8:16 am 12/11/07 by J.C.
    Does your system automatically delete negative comments? What happened to my post?
    Reply to this Comment

    Hmm...

    @ 8:21 am 12/11/07 by Douglas
    I think I was updating the page when you were making your post, so your session got erased before you submitted. I do not delete negative posts. I encourage points from every view.

    I hope you can take the time to explain.
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    Not the point of the Article

    @ 8:51 am 12/11/07 by Douglas
    I'm afraid this post is a great example of miscommunication. It has been receiving many negative reviews from other stumblers. This post was not meant for spammers. It is meant for new stumblers who want to start sharing QUALITY content with a large group quickly.

    The traditional ways will always apply. Traditional being, stumbling only great content, and over time build your friends list.
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    @ 9:11 am 12/11/07 by TJ
    Better one good friend than a treeful of acquaintances.
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    @ 10:20 am 12/11/07 by Douglas
    True, but you don't really have the luxury of good friends friending you without any profile power.
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    @ 11:34 am 12/12/07 by Brian
    Thanks for the great tips. I'm new to StumbleUpon but I think the tool bar is great for finding random stuff when I'm bored and don't have anything particular I'm searching for.
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    @ 11:59 am 12/12/07 by Douglas
    These tips do work, and its frustrating when I read all the negative reviews on stumbleupon of this post.

    StumbleUpons foundation is built so spamming it is nearly impossible. It would get "thumbs down"ed, or no one would add the spammer to their friends list.
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    Great Article!

    @ 12:30 pm 12/18/07 by Keith
    This is a good article with good suggestions about increasing your friends at Stumble Upon. I have been an active stumbler for about nine months, and not everyone at Stumble will reciprocate, but you just keep on going and eventually will meet people who will reciprocate and add you to their friends list and also leave positive comments on your blog and profile. Perseverance is the key.
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    For those not in such a rush

    @ 12:30 pm 12/18/07 by Keith
    The best way to get "quality" mutual friends is to build a quality site over time and give genuine and generous reviews of other Stumblers. If you're site is looking great and you're kind to others, even those top Stumblers with 200 friends will sometimes remove an old friend and add a new one, plus sometimes Stumblers delete their accounts thus freeing up a friend slot if the one who leaves gives their friends notice, otherwise you end up with a ghost friend which hopefully will one day be fixed.
    Happy Stumbling!
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    @ 2:07 am 12/27/07 by ihavewebfeet
    Asking for reciprocal reviews, friending, or thumbs-up, like on sites such as blog catalog or via private message, is against the SU Terms of Service. It's also frowned upon by most Stumblers that took the time to build up their base being patient.
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    Stumbling

    @ 10:57 am 12/31/07 by Digits
    If anyone EVER did a #4 on me, I'd ignore it and so would other quality Stumblers. I'm not daft. I'd see that someone had reviewed me and if I were impressed with that they'd said, THEN I may visit their page. If they had quality content AND weren't review beggers I would ABSOLUTELY review them. I have never reviewed anyone who asked me too. NEVER EVER. [Not to mention it's against StumbleUpon's TOS.]

    The people on Stumble that this site is trying to get you to *make friends with* are too smart for subversive techniques. We've been on Stumble for years and the people who employ techniques like this get nothin.'

    You may be successful at making friends with marketers and spammers but not the Stumblers who matter; those who bring something to Stumble. Take that piece of advice to the bank.

    Know what else I'll ignore? Stupid PM messages kissing my @ss.

    Sorry to say this but there is no short cut to popularity on Stumble. And if you really want to become unpopular...become a friend whore or a spammer.

    PS. Ihavewebfeet... ::applause::

    Love and Sloppy Kisses,
    Digits
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    @ 11:25 pm 07/04/08 by Lyrics
    Great post!

    The worst with su I think is the limit of friend num - 200 only.
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