Stumbler Interview With BuzzDiggity
BuzzDiggity is a 23 year old guy from Los Angeles, California, USA.
Likes 1,473 pages, 56 videos, 22 photos • 162 fans • Received 25 reviews
Member since Dec 26, 2007
In the words of Andre 300 “Heya!” With each passing day, I am becoming a bigger social media nerd, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I’m also not ashamed to admit that I stumble naked. Anyway, if you ever are looking for any support in the social media realm, or just want to rap/chat/schmooz, hit me on aim/ gtalk. My screenname there is also BuzzDiggity. Also, check out my blog please. And tell your mothers and babies about it. It is not-not-not bad. www.shitamericaneeds.com
1. What caused you to join StumbleUpon and how long have you been Stumbling?
One night, some of the top stumblers, such as Brian Reeder, Muhammed Saleem, Liam Victor and God (sorry, no link available), broke into my bedroom and told me to start stumbling. I was kinda weirded out first, but they were pretty insistent, so I signed up for SU in the morning.
2. What gave you the idea for your new site, ShitAmericaNeeds?
I just wanted people to like me, you know? I’m sick of being a nobody. I figured that if I bashed America, a popular hobby amongst the blogosphere and social media elite, then I might make some friends. So far, I’ve been moderately successful. Three friends and counting. Plus a hamster.
3. What are your favorite StumbleUpon topics, and why?
Basically, I just like to stumble everything with pictures of boobies and/or mentions of boobies. I also like stumbling pictures of old-fashioned automobiles. As a general rule of thumb (pun intended), however, if the article has more than two sentences, I usually skip over it or write a review that looks something like this: “Blah blah blah. Come on! Let’s see some boobies.”
4. Is there any feature that you think SU is missing?
I’m not sure if you could consider this a feature, per se, but I think it would be cool if you could stumble by licking the computer, rather than using a mouse.
5. How often do you Stumble? Do you keep track of about how much time you spend Stumbling every day?
To be honest, I am high pretty much every day, so I’d just be guessing. Probably over three hours though. But it could be closer to 10 minutes. I don’t know. Sorry. Next question?
6. Do you belong to any other social networking sites?
Yeah. I belong to Darwin Dating, which is a dating site exclusively for really, really attractive people. Membership into the site is granted by other people voting on whether you’re attractive enough to join, so I had to spend about $25.00 on elance, paying freelancers to come to the site and give me a high enough rating. It was a pain in the ass, and unfortunately, I still haven’t been able to convince any of the women on the site to meet me in person. However, when one of them turns me down, I typically submit their profile page to SU and give them a rather scathing review. It’s not much consolation, but it gives me a chuckle.
I also use Digg, Mixx, and Reddit. My profiles on the latter two kinda suck, but I’m trying harder now. I promise.
7. If so, in what ways does StumbleUpon compare favorably with the others?
I am pretty sure there are more ladies on StumbleUpon. But I might just be saying that because you can stumble pictures of boobies.
8. Would you like to tell us a little more about yourself than is in your profile?
Sure, I just want to state for the record that I’m actually really a good guy.
9. What would you say are the best ways to guarantee that you have a really wonderful StumbleUpon experience?
I don’t know. I guess being high helps. I’d also recommend friending lots of random people, and then when they ask how you know them, you just say, “look behind you.”
10. If you could say one thing to the rest of the Stumbling universe, what would it be?
You’re only as cool as the sites you stumble. Don’t mess up.


April 18th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
http://www.picable.com/Art/Painting/Eyes-of-the-Tabby.100723
my wife painted this.. do you think it would look great on a T-shirt or not?? you know.. across the boobies… I think it would be funny..
nobody take this idea or I will sue you!!!
April 18th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Mark -
Whoa, wait until BuzzD sees that!
What a marvelous idea!
I would get right to the copyright office with that one if I were you!
Kermit (the StumbleBlogger)
April 19th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Jeff has always seemed like a pointless person to know. He responds to questions about social media (not sure why I ask him anything) with “boobies” and shitamericaneeds.com is one of the worst ideas for a website that i have ever seen. it is a poor excuse for satire.
April 19th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
just joking buzzdiggity is the coolest i am in love with him
April 19th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
@ Mark - I love the t-shirt
@ Jason - I have to agree with you that I am a pretty pointless person to know, and once again, I apologize for responding to all questions you ask me with the word “boobies.” I also would once again like to apologize for sleeping with your wife - but the fact is that she was coming onto me and we were both pretty inebriated. Live and learn, Jason: I’m only a man.
April 19th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
@ Jason - Just joking … kinda
April 19th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Great post about one of my all time favorite social media users Jeff aka Buzzdiggity! =) He is a blast ! and to Mark …. boobies??? Do people really still call them that? lol
April 20th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
I would hope that the stumble users being interviewed in the future would take this opportunity more seriously. There are certain members of the SU community that are legitimately working hard to learn more about what it takes to get to the next level in social media. This venue allows up-and-coming users like myself to gather insight into what it takes to be the best. When Buzzdiggity hides his polished Stumble secrets behind the mask of humor, no one benefits. This is not a contest, it is a COMMUNITY.
April 20th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
rtcrooks -
I believe that I understand the sentiments that you are expressing. It is a community. However, it is a community that revels in humor, and in self-effacement at its best. Much of the charm of BuzzDiggity is in his humor, even the more sophomoric humor, as much as his more sophisticated satire, of which there is quite a lot.
Perhaps more to the point, the interviewee tends to put forward whatever face they desire to put forward, which is as it should be. Ours may be a community, but it is not life and death. One task of this site is to get these more-tightly-drawn Stumbler faces out into the community at large, which cannot help but assist the community with growth and further refinement as a self-aware entity.
Moreover, it is distinctly not the task of this site to attempt to discern some “Right” from some other “Wrong,” although (at a more personal level) I have strong beliefs about those rights and wrongs. As I have said elsewhere, all Stumblers have a right to make their own personal StumbleUpon experience, and at the same time have a responsibility to reject being told by others what that experience should be.
Kermit (the StumbleBlogger)
April 21st, 2008 at 10:54 am
Mr Diggity is an extremely funny social media personality. I enjoy our fireside chats.
April 21st, 2008 at 1:28 pm
First of all, Buzzdiggity is a dirty rotten liar. He broke into my house demanding (at gunpoint) I tell him how I became a top stumbler. After distracting him with a “boobies” picture I wrestled the gun from his weak, nerdy hands, I sat him down and had a heart to heart with him.
The talk was enlightening- I came to realize many of his comedic tendencies come from his intense fear of women, social interaction, and most of all, his Uncle Freddy.
After this talk, I decided to point him in the right direction for Stumbleupon. Since then, he’s consistently told me his deepest, darkest secrets. As a result, I am in therapy and he is on medication.
So please, take it easy on BuzzDiggity - he’s been through a lot…..
Love,
Brianreeder (brianreeder.stumbleupon.com)
May 9th, 2008 at 12:22 am
Funny guy, Buzzdigity. His blog’s not bad either.