Subvert and Profit

Update: we reconfigured how we talk to the mail server and it works now.  This new method should also be better going forward.

Most excellent users,

It has come to our attention that both the signup function and contact form are down. This suggests that the connectivity between our Ruby on Rails server and our mail server is down. We are working hard to fix this. In the meantime, please direct any inquiries through the comment form on this blog. All comments go through moderation, so private inquiries will not be posted publicly.

We apologize for the inconvenience! No really - we realize how stupid this is, and we’re working as fast as possible.

- the S&P team

That’s right, our second ship is now in full service of the fleet. Go add funds and buy some votes on StumbleUpon! They’re only $1 a piece, and unlike our Digg service, you can test our StumbleUpon service out one vote at a time if you’d like.

But before you do, let’s talk about how it’s gonna go down. Since StumbleUpon is not time-sensitive like Digg, we can stretch out our gaming activity over the course of a few days to avoid detection, and this is what we are going to do. So, don’t be alarmed if you don’t get all your votes in a short period of time. Also, at this early stage in our operation, where we’re still just testing the waters, we’d like you to limit the number of votes you buy for a particular URL to 30 per week. We may increase this number as we grow in experience with gaming StumbleUpon. Check out the new guidelines for further information.

Let’s do this thing!

After registering over 400 StumbleUpon users, we are ready to start running advertisements.  Advertisers wishing to purchase votes on StumbleUpon can do so starting this Monday.

StumbleUpon is a completely different medium from Digg, and so our methods of promotion must also be very different.  The key difference is that with StumbleUpon, time is not an issue.  Because of this, we are choosing to spread out our votes over a long period of time, as opposed to 24 hours on Digg, to avoid detection by StumbleUpon.

The advertiser referral program, where we pay you a 10% commission on every referred advertiser’s purchases, will also apply to StumbleUpon.

Those of you waiting to get your StumbleUpon accounts verified, I assure you that you will be verified before Monday, assuming you have voted for your verification story, and your StumbleUpon profile’s content filter is set to the lowest rating.

We shall subvert StumbleUpon as we have subverted Digg, and the profits shall be abundant!  Go forth, users!  Subvert and Profit!