# So now I have to "register" and "join" Stumbleupon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-i-have-to-register-and-join-stumbleupon/677603 "2014-01-01T00:19:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-i-have-to-register-and-join-stumbleupon/677603/1 "2014-01-01T00:19:41Z")
To that I say _fuck that_ and _bullshit_, not necessarily in that order. I used to like to just poke around there when I ran out of things to do. But now I have to sign up and register. This is the site’s rationale for this: > [@](#): > > Why do I have to register to use StumbleUpon? > StumbleUpon uses specific qualities gathered from each account such as the Interests you follow, people you follow, Channels you follow and web pages you Like and Dislike in order to recommend you the best content. Based on all these signals, we learn what you like and can provide you better recommendations in the future. Without an account we don’t know what sort of content you like, so our recommendations will be less tailored to your Interests. > > When you have an account, you can take advantage of several features across StumbleUpon. You are able to follow thousands of Interests, save your favorite web pages to your account, and follow interesting Stumbles from other members. By Liking web pages you help us create a customized and personalized Stumble experience just for you. The more information and feedback you provide, the better the quality of your Stumbles. But I’m not on Facebook, and I don’t “like” anything. I don’t want to save or follow or customize. I limit what I sign up for, even with my bogus email addresses. I don’t care what they suggest and it doesn’t have to be based on a profile or history. I don’t care about the quality of my stumbles. I liked the elements of unpredictability and surprise. Grrr. Is there another site/service that can just direct me to (more or less) randomly chosen sites. I hope Stumbleupon develops a boil on its ass. ---
**Author:** ![Cerealbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Cerealbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerealbox)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-i-have-to-register-and-join-stumbleupon/677603/2 "2014-01-01T00:24:54Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > To that I say _fuck that_ and _bullshit_, not necessarily in that order. > > I used to like to just poke around there when I ran out of things to do. But now I have to sign up and register. This is the site’s rationale for this: > > But I’m not on Facebook, and I don’t “like” anything. I don’t want to save or follow or customize. I limit what I sign up for, even with my bogus email addresses. I don’t care what they suggest and it doesn’t have to be based on a profile or history. I don’t care about the quality of my stumbles. I liked the elements of unpredictability and surprise. > > Grrr. > > Is there another site/service that can just direct me to (more or less) randomly chosen sites. > > I hope Stumbleupon develops a boil on its ass. They used to have a preview framed version on their website. Do they not have that anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-i-have-to-register-and-join-stumbleupon/677603/3 "2014-01-01T00:40:28Z")
Just create or use a throw away email address to sign up. That is what I did when they asked for this a couple of years ago. It would let me stumble for a few turns but eventually would just keep coming back to that stupid page. I never have (and won’t ever) link to my FB or other accounts. So I used a hotmail address that I use for dumbass shit like this–they can have that all day long as far as I am concerned! ---
**Author:** ![Cerealbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Cerealbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerealbox)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-i-have-to-register-and-join-stumbleupon/677603/4 "2014-01-01T01:03:18Z")
try [spamgourmet.com](http://spamgourmet.com) for throwaway emails. If your username is straightdope you can sign up to any site as [thissite.straightdope@spamgourmet.com](mailto:thissite.straightdope@spamgourmet.com) or [th1s5ite5.straightdope@spamgourmet.com](mailto:th1s5ite5.straightdope@spamgourmet.com). The new account you’ve “created” simply by having an email sent to an address that ends in your user name gets 10 messages and then self destructs, no longer allowing new emails to come through. You can read them if you want (for those automated “click here to confirm” things they send out), but you don’t have to. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-i-have-to-register-and-join-stumbleupon/677603/5 "2014-01-01T01:21:55Z")
I do have a couple of accounts that I use to sign-up for stuff, but I resent that they are now making me do it in order to keep playing on their site. They can kiss my grits.