Being a StumbleUpon-addict myself, I decided to share some rules for voting:
The Thumb goes down if:
- it's for/from Micro$oft.
- a Motifake repeats the text in the picture.
- it's a Motifake that was originally a LOLCAT.
- it throws a JS Popup asking me to subscribe to their newsletter.
- it tells me how to search Google.
- it's an iPhone-App.
- it's about software and features the word "buy" on the page.
- it's about WEP-cracking. Again.
- it's an antivirus/spyware/adware scanner. Why should I care how to fix the worst OS on this planet?
- it is more insulting/racist than it is funny.
- it's about Photoshop.
- it's a generic "parked domain" site with that stupid smiling girl on it.
- advertises the newest cellphone/laptop.
- the first comment on the page is "FIRST!!!!!11ONEONE" or similar.
The Thumb goes up if:
- it's an open source project.
- it's an XKCD.
- it's a new scientific discovery.
- it's a useful shell-trick.
- I lol'd.
- it's about Ubuntu/Debian.
- an atheist epicaly pwns a theist.
I don't vote if: (aka "meh")
- it's about KDE.
- it's about Mandriva/SuSE/RedHat
- it's kinda funny but old.
- it's a video of a faceplant or similar.
add deez plox:
Thumb goes UP if:
- it's about KDE (3.x)
- it's about Python/Perl/Java and the mightiest OO language of all: HTML .. wait, what?
- page contains useful info for Gentoo systems
- it's a bash.org quote
Thumb goes DOWN if:
- it's about KDE (4.x)
- page proclaims Ubuntu as being the best Linux Distro out there