StumbleUpon Mail

Lately I've been checking out some of the Web 2.0 social sites, curious to see what they were like. Facebook impressed me, MySpace not so much, maybe because I'm not the type person who's likely to put a favorite rock star or actor in the background, and most of the backgrounds I've seen feel too busy when I'm trying to read posts.

But there is one thing that I've realized repeatedly that StumbleUpon got right and these others haven't figured out yet.

It's their e-mail system. Now don't laugh, I know the 200 a day limit can be bothersome. I've reached it before too and had to switch to e-mail. And if I take a break and chase after J, my 4 year old, and come back an hour later, I know I should save before I hit send because there's a chance I might get an error message. But honestly, isn't it nice to open your e-mail and instead of an e-mail saying "Click here to see your message" instead there's an e-mail from SU with the full message from your friend? I love that the only reason I have to sign in to SU if I get a message is if I want to reply to the sender. I also appreciate that outside of messages from friends, I don't get e-mail from SU. If something new happens, they'll send a page link through their toolbar instead.
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