Show HN: Stumbleback – A fun way to get through your reading list
Stumbleback is a new browser extension designed to help users manage their bookmark backlog. It allows users to import bookmarks and randomly select unread links to read, encouraging a daily reading habit. The extension emphasizes privacy, operating locally without accounts or analytics.
- ▪Stumbleback turns your bookmark backlog into a daily habit by allowing you to stumble upon random unread links.
- ▪Users can set a daily goal of reading three bookmarks to maintain their streak.
- ▪The extension is designed for privacy, with no data being sold or used for unrelated purposes.
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| Original publisher | |
| Canonical URL | https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/stumbleback/fkmbjmmdkpfpcnmbgnpmnkhnhecieigk |
| Publication time | Tue, 26 May 2026 17:56:16 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-26T18:07:50.919Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-26T18:07:50.919Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | PX2Psb23U-5R |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
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Stumbleback5.0(1 rating)Ratings are updated daily and may not reflect the most recent reviews.ShareExtensionToolsAdd to ChromeOverviewRediscover your bookmarks. One stumble at a time.Tired of bookmarking things you never read? Stumbleback turns your bookmark backlog into a daily habit. HOW IT WORKS • Import your existing bookmarks (or add as you browse) • Click STUMBLE to land on a random unread link • Mark it Done or Stumble to the next • Hit your daily goal of 3 to keep your streak alive FEATURES • Shuffled-deck randomization — no repeats until you've seen them all • Daily goal of 3 with a celebration page • Streak tracking • Right-click any page to add to your list • Floating toolbar appears only on stumbled pages — never on others • 100% local. No accounts, no analytics, no servers.
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