StumblingOn
Consumer and social
random website discovery
SHOW HN2020
138points
61comments
#441of 3,028 in 2020
Top 15%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
13 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 11 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Idea: 6 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Nostalgia for StumbleUpon and fun for finding interesting sites
From 4 comments
Just like the original StumbleUpon, within a few clicks, I discovered several fascinating sites. Thanks for posting this, it is a real treasure.
FlyMoreRockets on HNThis is great! I was just thinking about StumbleUpon the other day and wishing it were still a thing. I have a whole folder full of awesome bookmarks (half of which are dead now)…
Dig1t on HNThank you very much. Like a lot of people here, SU was a big part of my internet exploration as a child. This has already given me lots of cool pages to explore!
square_usual on HNWell THAT was a rabbit hole I went down, just like the old days!
jamiek88 on HN
Interesting discoveries from the random sites
From 2 comments
Hey, just wanted to say the first site I got was https://www.the-odin.com, and I thought it was particularly random and cool. "Genetically Engineer Any Brewing or Baking Yeast to…
hn_throwaway_99 on HNThis is stunning.
RAB1138 on HN
Objections
Random results include parking pages, product and spam sites
From 4 comments
Cool idea but the first 3 websites I get are all parking sites. I'm pretty sure with a simple keyword check, you can eliminate most of them. A small amount of fasle positives are…
trungdq88 on HNNeeds a way to flag abuse, like https://get portal.co/earlyaccess which is just some company's product with a slick sales site. First thing I got when I clicked :( Edit: another…
floren on HNThe first site I stumbled on from this project offered to sell me instagram likes for $$.
dzink on HNI am only getting various product websites. Is that intentional?
smusamashah on HN
Layout breaks on Safari and small screens, hiding or stacking buttons
From 3 comments
The Stumble button was hidden at my screensize which was a little confusing :-). Looks like removing `.wholePageContainer{height: 100vh;}` fixes the issue and keeps the buttons…
uxamanda on HNSafari on Mac, for example at 950x950, shows them stacking. Looks like Firefox on Mac is ok.
uxamanda on HNOn safari with iPhone SE2 the show history button covers the stumble button
kalenpw on HN
Embedded frames fail for some sites
From 1 comment
The in-frame load broke it for me. None of them loaded in on Firefox 84, and some explicitly showed an error saying they weren't allowed to load as an embedded frame. I had to…
square_usual on HN
Requests
Add a way to report or flag bad sites
From 2 comments
Needs a way to flag abuse, like https://get portal.co/earlyaccess which is just some company's product with a slick sales site. First thing I got when I clicked :( Edit: another…
floren on HNOh also for the sites marked down as bad, create a public /shame list that’s available as plain text/json and we can use it to add to block lists on our own projects.
evolve2k on HN
Add categories to stumble by topic
From 2 comments
One of the things you could do with the original StumbleUpon is stumble by category. I had categories for my hobbies and it was really fun to stumble on different pages relating…
taylodl on HNIf you could implement categories, I think this could be almost perfect. I've found that's what I really miss about StumbleUpon. Being able to randomly stumble upon things from a…
dorchadas on HN
Support more top-level domains
From 2 comments
awesome - but it doesn't support all Top level domain names. it failed on some of my submissions
kderbyma on HNSeems like with new TLDs coming out all the time, there should be no validation being done. You attempt to resolve the name entered and allow it if it passes.
Karunamon on HN
Make it work without JavaScript
From 1 comment
I wish it would be functional without JS.
type0 on HN
Questions
What user ID format is used and is it tied to IP addresses?
From 1 comment
Just curious - what format are the user IDs? I thought they may have been IP addresses simply converted to an int, but if that's the case it's been done in a way I can't reverse.
dpedu on HN
Alternatives named
Stumblefun
From 1 comment
I also made something similar called Stumblefun[0], trying to recreate that StumbleUpon experience but without the need to install a toolbar. Right now it's only focused on SaaS…
dglass on HN
Viralwalk
From 1 comment
I've also made a StumbleUpon alternative called Viralwalk: https://www.viralwalk.com It's cool that many are attempting to recreate it, it's a shame it disappeared.
suref on HN
wiby.me
From 1 comment
"Surprise me..." on https://wiby.me/ is imo more interesting.
pmlnr on HN
randomdomain
From 1 comment
I made something similar but a bit more random. https://randomdomain.benbristow.co.uk Keeps taking a random word from an English dictionary and a random popular domain extension…
benbristow on HN