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Dear friends,

I mentioned before that the new SU layout isn’t as intuitive as the old one. One reason I know this is because I like to invite my friends to join StumbleUpon, and instead of “Wow” or “This is awesome!” the comment I’m hearing the most lately is “I just can’t figure it out.”

And so I’m going to start a new tag here called Beginner. Each time I post a topic that will help someone new to stumbling, I’ll use the beginner tag on it. I already have one post that belongs there, instructions on how to post pictures on SU. Today I’ll be talking about how to add friends. If you’re new to StumbleUpon, click on the Beginner tag to learn tips that will help you enjoy your first days stumbling. If you have friends who are just starting, send them here. We won’t eat them, I promise.

Today a friend from another online site sent me a note asking how to add me as a friend on SU. Used to be, it was simple. You’d visit their page and click the Add as a Friend button in the right hand corner…

(By the way, if you’re wondering whose page I used, that’s Ed Dale from the Thirty Day Challenge. If you want to learn about internet marketing, I recommend doing two things, both free: 1) Sign up for the Thirty Day Challenge and 2) Sign up for Taggzilla. You won’t be sorry.)

See how simple it used to be to add a friend? Here’s what the friend button looks like now:

Not nearly as easy to find, is it?

Okay, but what if you think you’ve added someone as a friend but aren’t sure?

Go back to their page and look in the same spot. You should see a note saying you are friends:

StumbleUpon will also put a note in the same spot if the person is a fan of yours but you haven’t added them as a friend:

And that’s that. Now you can go forth and add up to 200 friends (the maximum number of friends SU will let you have).