StumbleVideo: Cool video aggregator from StumbleUpon

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StumbleVideo: Cool video aggregator from StumbleUpon

by Jordan Running Dec 14th 2006

StumbleUpon is one of the old dogs of the social bookmarking biz, but apparently it can be taught a new trick or two. StumbleVideo is a new section of the site clearly aimed at people who are bored and want something neat to watch. And it works pretty well. It aggregates bookmarked videos from the usual suspects--YouTube, Google Video, etc.--and shuffles them for you, so you can watch one video after another and up- or down-vote them through your StumbleUpon account. The videos are organized into channels (including some very specific ones like "Cats" and "Guitar") and you can see what users have voted on each video or share them with your friends. It will also display a history of the videos you watched, as well as which ones you've voted on if you're signed in.

While StumbleUpon isn't the first site to try the "TV in your browser" paradigm, its is a pretty polished and well-organized attempted, and if you're an existing StumbleUpon user (or have been thinking of getting an account), you'll appreciate the integration and social features.

Tags: social bookmarking, social software, SocialBookmarking, SocialSoftware, stumbleupon, stumblevideo, video, youtube

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