Hey guys,
It's me that made AutoStumble - I got pointed to this thread by a customer.. So I just thought I'd take the chance to clear a few things up that people seem to be getting confused about....
Here we go....
1) "I have only received XX amount of Stumbles on a URL, why is this?"
Okay, you're obviously only going to get stumbles while people are running the program - which is why I advise to leave it running in the background as long as possible. I've also made the program break up the stumbles you receive into batches - it would look a bit suspicious going from 0-100 stumbles within 10 minutes! Be patient - I'm simply emulating how I have tracked natural stumbles occur.
2) "I've got like a million Stumbles yet I get no traffic!"
SU has got like 5 million users - do you know how many stumbles you actually need to get stuff to go popular? It's 1000s! This program gives you an awesome headstart if you got viral content. No, the program will not make your bog standard boring, e-commerce page or your Viagra Squidoo page go popular. Think about it.
3) "Why have a given out so many more Stumbles than I have received?"
Your "credits" are credited against each URL. Because there is only 1 you and hundreds of other users, they (obviously) change URL more regularly than you. Therefore you give more Stumbles than you receive. if this wasn't the case and it was done on a "1 to 1" basis, the system would grind to a halt, once you have stumbled the amount of users in the system. You don't want that, do you?
4) "Why doesn't this program have proxy support?"
Do you use proxies when you use StumbleUpon? No, you don;t. Don't be silly. SU is going to get very suspicious if 1 account is voting under multiple (probably known proxies), why the hell would you want proxies? You don't!
5) "Why can't I find a free cracked version of your program?"
Well, I can't really complain here, because I pirate and crack programs like a bastard. But yea, don't be a bastard. Even if you cracked the program, it's not going to work because it all runs via a web service. C'mon, it took me a long time to get this thing researched and made - it's $40! One off, forever! Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez
(edit) 6) "Why can't I enter more than 1 URL at once?"
To be honest, I guess I could add this. It's really, really important to correctly set the speed of getting Stumbled right though. With multiple URLs, I'd have to add new algorithms to slow down the Stumble process, or make sure certain pages get enough stumbles... It's also harder to stop just straight "vote swap" footprints appearing.. Really, you can get a decent amount of Stumbles in 2-3 days running it for a few hours each day. Do you really produce loads more viral content than that?
Give me a break
I reply to all emails
[email protected] if people are issuing bug reports, or have problems using it. Emails such as "why have a only got xx stumbles" are obviously 2nd priority. To be honest, I think I'll just update the FAQ on the website.
Anyway, if you have questions about autostumble, or other stuff - I'm always interested to hear:
[email protected] or I use msn
[email protected]
Cheerssssss.
