TechCrunch reported the other day that Ebay has acquired StumbleUpon.  They are definitely one of the more interesting web 2.0 social networking / bookmarking / etc sites.  I have not played around with them much but I have tried to follow them since I got listed awhile back for one of my posts and saw my two biggest traffic days.  Unfortunately, I guess my content was sparse at the time since most of them didn’t stick (thanks to the 2 that did).

If you’re not familiar with it, StumbleUpon let’s users save sites which then other users can, literally, “stumble upon.”  It’s a unique way to find good sites out there without resorting to the sometimes slanted opinion of sites like Digg and Reddit.  I heard not too long ago that they were adding features to allow users to focus on certain tags - web design, politics, etc.  That would set them apart from a feature like the del.icio.us randomizer which has much of the same functionality as the StumbleUpon I first encountered.

It will be interesting to see where Ebay, a company not really focused on this type of service, will take it.

Random Tidbit:  Two for your viewing pleasure.  Summer is upon us and theme park season is in swing - I wonder how many people will try this?  Also, remembering my younger days, this might have been a fun, if mischievous, game to play with my brother.