# StumbleUpon or Internet crack as I call it

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stumbleupon-or-internet-crack-as-i-call-it/326540>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 17, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stumbleupon-or-internet-crack-as-i-call-it/326540 "2005-10-17T01:27:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![EvilGhandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@EvilGhandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilGhandi)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stumbleupon-or-internet-crack-as-i-call-it/326540/1 "2005-10-17T01:27:36Z")

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I recently came across this;

[http://www.stumbleupon.com/](http://www.stumbleupon.com/)

Little program and I haven’t been to bed at a decent hour since.

Basicly it’s a huge referal/randomizer app w/ programable prefs that brings up URLs you are likely to be interested in.

It requires you to install an exe but I could detect no spyware or malware in it, no alerts on the net either.

Anyway I won’t be the only one drawn into its evil vortice so I willingly assimilate my fellow dopers, borg like, into it’s insomnia inducing clutches.

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**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stumbleupon-or-internet-crack-as-i-call-it/326540/2 "2005-10-17T07:14:35Z")

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Install mozilla/firefox and you can get stumbleupon as a toolbar. It’s like an automatic crack dispensor installed into your browser!

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**Author:** ![Habanero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d9b06d/32.png) [@Habanero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habanero)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stumbleupon-or-internet-crack-as-i-call-it/326540/3 "2005-10-17T07:17:04Z")

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Oh noes!

Is it an affiliate sort of thing?

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**Author:** ![EvilGhandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@EvilGhandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilGhandi)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stumbleupon-or-internet-crack-as-i-call-it/326540/4 "2005-10-17T07:44:00Z")

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**Shalmanese**

I got the toolbar installed on IE, it works fine. I didn’t fill in any of the details on the register form or even submit the form at all. I guess it’s optional though they make it sound required when you run the app.

As far as I can tell none of the sites that come up have any affiliation at all. Just popular sites submitted by the systems users. I have only found one site w/ any links to porn on it and none with any nsfw content. It must be pretty well screened.