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Mixx Doubles Down Today : East Coast Blogging — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:21:40 +0000

[...] put that into perspective, only 2.4 million people have ever visited Mixx since it launched in September, 2007. In other words, more than a third of all the people who have ever gone to Mixx, went there last [...]

By: LA Times Takes A Stake In Mixx

LA Times Takes A Stake In Mixx — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:52:07 +0000

[...] based Mixx launched into private beta in September and has been gaining positive reviews, with Michael Arrington noting recently that the [...]

By: Terbaik.Net » Blog Archive » Mixx’s New Feature Aims To Get Breaking News To Home Page Faster Than Digg

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:40:43 +0000

[...] Since launching just last September, Mixx has been on a tear to release new products. Groups came in December, followed by private mail in Februrary. Also in February they released a clustering feature that I think would fix a big problem at Digg - duplicate stories describing the same event. With the new feature, other users could add different but related stories to the main news item. This removes the need for Duelling stories and it gives the reader more content on the stuff they just clicked on. [...]

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By: Do Social News Sites Need Private Mail? Mixx Thinks So.

Do Social News Sites Need Private Mail? Mixx Thinks So. — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:13:44 +0000

[...] appears as a public comment on their profile page, but you cannot send a private message. Mixx, a Digg clone that we like, is adding private mail and group message boards to its site tomorrow. Members will be able to send [...]

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By: Digg Refugees May Be Heading To Mixx

Digg Refugees May Be Heading To Mixx — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:27:18 +0000

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By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:22:53 +0000

From a local perspective, I can see this succeeding where companies like Backfence failed. Creating a community or social network of like-minded people to share news stories, restaurant and music reviews, local events, etc. could work and might be a good way for major media to get into the hyperlocal game.

By: Online Calculator

Online Calculator — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:47:40 +0000

Yeah i agree it seems very complicated

By: SteveBallmer

SteveBallmer — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:07:04 +0000

The MS Cloud apps are on the way, but this is close to our app “Blend”. I would perfer that you people wait for the real thing, but this will do in a pinch.
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By: edith

edith — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:38:27 +0000

i am in the closed beta and its not complicated at all. Its as easy to setup as my Yahoo, which last i looked was being used by 20MM/month. I don’t think complicated is their hurdle, distribution is. How are they going to get their submit buttons all over the web like digg has? That is what their founder should concentrate on.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:27:42 +0000

Interesting, but may be too complicated as others have said. However, maybe we’ll all just get used to it?

By: RBA

RBA — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:14:33 +0000

Sorry for the double post. As I said, I think the mainstream cares little for news items that XYZ thinks they’ll find relevant, where XYZ is an algorithm. Change XYZ for “an entity” then they care (that’s why some people read a newspaper and others read a different one).

I think the “regular” consumer still follows the old media standards. That is, to get the news they enjoy from both, general outlets with whom they may share some mindset (in the “real world” that would be the Times, The Merc, LA Times, etc), and topic-specific sites (PC World, Cosmopolitan, Forbes…).

Why is that? I think that’s because the “regular” consumer doesn’t face the same amount of information overload that we, the digerati, the early adopters suffer day after day. So although the regular consumer is definitely confronting a lot more information than they were before the Internet became a medium to get “the news”, they aren’t dealing with 200 RSS feeds, so their needs to filter out news aren’t as strong as ours. And that might be why Digg is popular (their audience is mainly techies and just because they follow Digg, they suffer information overload by default :-), but a Digg about cats is not yet a hot ticket.

This has nothing to do with what I think of Mixx BTW. I do like their approach, except perhaps for the “will get what Mixx thinks I’ll find relevant”, but that’s a personal preference. I just don’t like it when a machine tries to “thinks” for me.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:01:21 +0000

“It’s a social network that allows you to _________.” Sheesh.

[rubs hands together feverishly, drooling in anticipation of an actual new idea]

By: Wes

Wes — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:45:58 +0000

I think I will give it a try as long it does not take a lot of time from me.

By: RBA

RBA — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:24:19 +0000

The mainstream cares little for news items that XYZ thinks they’ll find relevant. More on that later.

By: Colin Dowling

Colin Dowling — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:16:14 +0000

Yes, I agree that small and niche could get traction, but the key to big money is either a few enterprise customers paying big bucks or tons of independent users. I just don’t see it here. Having great founders may mean you have a roadmap to success, but it doesn’t drive the car.

By: Ritu Pant

Ritu Pant — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:54:20 +0000

Will see how it goes when they go on public beta, as for now I am headed to their site for invitation. Thanx for the info

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