AbleReach/cyberculture

I suspect that many marketers jumped ship on SU after finding that SU traffic was harder and harder to come by. If one of the big draws of a social network is traffic, marketers will follow the traffic. There's also SU's bad to nonexistent self-patrolling where predatory and sometimes libelous thumbs-downers are concerned -- some people were banned who shouldn't have been, and some who love to smear others remain untouched. I'm not convinced SU has "jumped the shark" completely. I will cast a vote, wholeheartedly, for the idea that it's got growing pains - and what online thing doesn't. Hell, 90% of what I do every day hasn't been around longer than a gradeschool kid. From the page: "I remember feeling so emotional to meet such amazing StumbleUpon friends. Now I haven't been there for pleasure, networking or day-to-day communication in months."

Got three thoughts. Count 'em. Three.
1. Lyndo should have more fun, cause he's fun to watch.
2. The evolution of journalistic ethics online is just barely @tadpole.
3. Google should stay out of deciding what humor is worth dofollowing.