So after my accidental but terribly embarrassing Stumbleupon spam mail earlier today I finally got up the courage to crawl out from under my desk and I have the following interesting facts to report:
1. The vast majority of my work-related contacts paid no mind to it. It seemed to be a kind of ‘wuzzat?… I ignored it’ reaction. Web-Ignorance I sincerely thank you.
2. Three or four people actually took the opportunity to join the service (they send you an email when one of your invites is acted upon). Glad I could be of service. 
3. I received two or three re-acquaintance emails from people I hadn’t talked to in a while. (eg. Ah nevermind… but say, long time no talk - what’s up?) This was actually a nice by-product, and served to ease the pain ever so slightly.
4. I got a few truly comforting emails (‘no worries - shite happens’, ‘no big deal - don’t worry about it’ etc.). These people now get preferential status. Hehe.
5. Heathenx gave me a right proper ribbing. I would have expected no less.
Not too bad. But just when I thought the whole internet had gone soft, John L. saved the day with this little diddy in reply to my spam:
“Go fuck yourself ebay lover.”.
Ebay? I didn’t even know Ebay had acquired Stumbleupon. So to John, thanks for educating me and restoring my faith in all things Internet. You’ll get your free pen1s enlargement patches sometime next week.
The moral of the story? Triple check that page before hurriedly clicking those nice shiny buttons.
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