Mixx Gets Serious About Community Building

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techcrunch.com — Digg competitor Mixx just launched an extension to its groups feature that founder Chris McGill describes as Ning for social media. Users can ...

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Comments (16)

  1. To us, social media is at its infancy- the true power is putting the tools into the hands of the people and organizations that care about given topics and causes- that is what this is about. It is about you.

    Please tell us what you think and how we can make it everything you want.

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  2. oooh and 1) watch for a blog post coming soon and 2) feel free to comment on the TC article!

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  3. @cmcgill

    what??? you're the founder??? wow!!

    I honestly didn't know.

    Mixx is great. Canes digg anyday. It's faster, has better features, and has a caring responsive staff compared to digg who never respond to your queries and ban users for no apparent reason. Just a matter of time till it eventually takes over I reckon.

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  4. Christmas has come early this year! Yeeeaaaaah!

    The funny thing is that I have an account somewhere with Ning
    but never got around starting anything there.

    Then, of course, I started to be a bit more active on here ;-)

    Hmmm... It's a kind of "How To" article isn't it?

    Back in a mo' (or maybe a bit later)

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  5. Mixx when submitting a story has also added a characters counter,little detail but perfection is in the details.

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  6. @cmcgill

    That's definitely great news....
    Well, everything is great news:
    The communities part, of course, and the great article in TechCrunch.

    It's like getting a big thumb up from one of the most respected blogs/sites
    on the net... cool and great feeling.

    >> Social media fanatics will enjoy this new ability to carve out their own alcoves in Mixx.
    I’d really like to see Mixx take the next step and allow for a completely rebranded experience
    so that web publishers the net over can incorporate user contributed content seamlessly into their sites.<<

    That says it all, really.:TechCrunch not only sees Mixx.com as a pioneer/innovator but also
    as the site that can deliver the goods.

    Makes me glad to have made the decision to be part of the Mixx community and proud to see
    that we've got the support and trust of great people like the ones from TechCrunch.

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  7. I'm new to Mixx and have to say so far I'm very impressed. Very easy to get involved, easy UI and so far some good content. I've never really had any traction with DIGG or NING but i think this could be more relevant. Like all social sites ..time will tell

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  8. @ fellow mixx users
    read the comments and post as appropriate. login is not required.

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  9. :-D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  10. Very cool. I'm glad to see Mixx continue to innovate and make this a true community. I will be testing the new feature thoroughly.

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  11. The designs look really cool, I have joined techcrunch and drilldown already, maybe we can get a The SEO Company group on here one day.

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  12. I am gonna love this... Thanks Chris

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  13. Fantastic news! I am excited to start utilizing it.

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  14. Anybody else get the feeling Mixx is about to become something much bigger?
    The money aspect is gonna attract Diggers to Mixx like brains to zombies.

    But it's ok, I've seen the film! You just don't leave the shopping mall no matter what.

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  15. amazing. really cool. and here i thought we've seen it all.

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  16. WOW! Great news for all mixx friends.

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