Darla in the Desert 🌵☕📰

StumbleUpon, Arizona, and the Era When the Internet Still Felt Like Play | Darla in the Desert 🌵 StumbleUpon, Arizona, and the Era When the Internet Still Felt Like Play By Darla  |  Darla in the Desert  |  Tonopah, AZ There was a time — before algorithms, before "content strategy," before every app tried to psychoanalyze us — when the internet felt like a desert highway at sunset. Wide open. A little wild. Full of surprises. In fact, many people referred to the internet as the Wild Wild West — and out here in Arizona, that felt like home. And in that era, I'll say it plainly: I was building something in Arizona before anyone had a name for what we were doing. We didn't have ring lights or brand deals or "engagement pods." We had curiosity, caffeine, and a blue button called StumbleUpon . ✨ When Clicking Felt Like Discovery StumbleUpon wasn't a feed. It wasn't a scroll. It was a portal . You clicked, and the un...