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It’s Awards Night at Mixx

Posted by Jason on October 4th, 2007

Time to roll out the red carpet for awards night at Mixx!

Actually, since we just launched the MixxAwards, it’s awards day every day. MixxAwards are these cool little badges that you’ll see on the profiles of some of your fellow Mixxers. And while we’re sure it’s an honor just to be nominated, we want you to go out there and win!

The categories are:

  • Top Submitter: The Mixxer who submitted the most stories, photos and/or videos
  • Most Contentious: The Mixxer who submitted the article that got the biggest split on votes, up and down
  • Most Opinionated: The Mixxer who made the most comments, and no, they can’t all be on the same story
  • Thought Leader: The Mixxer who submitted the story with the most positive votes
  • Conversation Starter: The Mixxer who submitted the story with the most comments
  • Hyperactive: The Mixxer who voted the most, up or down
  • Enthusiast: The Mixxer who voted the most stories up
  • Curmudgeon: The Mixxer who voted the most stories down
  • Top Ten: A story this user submitted hit the Mixx Top Ten most popular

Coming soon: the MixxLounge. No mood lighting or chanteuse, but you will find out the winners of the most recent MixxAwards. This is also where you’ll find our Karma Leader Board, which shows the total points of the top Mixxers.

C’mon—you know you want to win, so get out of the blog and back into the Mixx!

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30 responses to "It’s Awards Night at Mixx"

  1. Abdullah added October 5th, 2007 at 10:55 am

    Hello, it’s great that you intriduced this feature. This will drive the members to participate enthusiastically. I must say, you are working diligently to improve Mixx. Hope to see some more things soon.

  2. Preshit added October 9th, 2007 at 1:42 pm

    You guys should update this with the Top-Ten and Thought Leader awards too.

  3. Kerry added October 9th, 2007 at 2:10 pm

    Done. Thanks for the reminder Preshit!

  4. Doug added October 9th, 2007 at 2:50 pm

    Great great idea, also love the tone. Not only in this but all throughout the site. Easy to see how much thought has gone into it and it is not just “another digg”.

  5. DontBotherMeWithSpam added October 9th, 2007 at 5:31 pm

    Ah, what a feature…

    By the way..
    Is there a way to browse users through awards?

  6. Preshit added October 10th, 2007 at 1:43 am

    Kerry said:Thanks for the reminder Preshit!

    You’re welcome, Kerry :)

    Doug wrote:.. it is not just “another digg”

    Absolutely, Doug.

  7. dwalden34 added November 16th, 2007 at 2:26 pm

    Mixx “IS NOT” another Digg. Mixx “IS NOT” another Digg clone.

    The people here on Mixx are civilized. The verbal abuse and hatred that are common place on Digg is not here on Mixx.

  8. Cameron added November 26th, 2007 at 8:22 am

    Tell it to them, Dwalden34!

  9. vaggos added November 26th, 2007 at 5:34 pm

    Very nice, I really love it you make a service that is very friendly and much better than digg.

  10. Cameron added November 28th, 2007 at 12:09 am

    So what time is it exactly that the awards update everyday?

  11. Lara Saad added December 3rd, 2007 at 5:34 pm

    Great feature, I have just got the top 10 award ;-)

    Is there a way to browse users through awards?

  12. Dave Schrader added December 4th, 2007 at 8:36 am

    Very solid move on your part. Scored a Top Ten, it does make it more interesting. How many users are on Mixx now? Anyone know? (as of 12/04/07)

  13. Lara Saad added December 4th, 2007 at 3:27 pm

    Hey, I got the top 10 award yesterday… but today the badge is not there, what happened is it for one day only???

    I want my badge ;-(

  14. Cameron Low added December 5th, 2007 at 1:12 am

    Yes, they only last for a day. I really hope they can setup a historic award chart or something…

  15. Dave Schrader added December 7th, 2007 at 10:11 am

    They should allow you to keep your awards. It shows a bit of success on some of the more dedicated Mixxers. Anyone agree?

  16. Jansie Blom added December 15th, 2007 at 2:06 pm

    mixx rocks. seriously. you’re like the google of social bookmarking. powerful simplicity…

  17. Sahil added December 22nd, 2007 at 12:46 pm

    I like the awards features alot. A good selection of various awards. Good job Mixx!

  18. timon added December 26th, 2007 at 5:45 pm

    It seems to me that such award like “Curmudgeon” may cause that people will expressly vote down many posts thereby breaking the real rating of them. What do you think?

  19. Goran Web added January 24th, 2008 at 5:54 pm

    mixx is really awesome. its so easy to use. simplistic.

  20. SeaMowse added February 10th, 2008 at 1:59 pm

    I’ve been a member for a few days now. I’m also an avid member of Digg. I have to say that I love this place - I see alot of my Digg friends here too. I’m not giving up on Digg at all, but this is a nice place to come and relax.

    Digg’s comment section is absolutely horrible. People slamming each other. I’m guilty as well, but it’s always been in retaliation to a comment made to myself. Well, that said, I like the civilized behavior of the members of Mixx.

    I also like the fact that you can see who voted you down. I think people will be less inclined to do so, for all the wrong reasons (as is often the case on Digg).

    Great job on creating this site!

  21. Mixx it up!! : Yeepage added February 26th, 2008 at 11:00 pm

    [...] cool feature which got me into Mixx was the Mixx Awards, this is were Mixx rewards it’s members by giving out different badges on a daily basis based [...]

  22. Rami Taibah (aka bianconeri) added April 5th, 2008 at 6:19 pm

    You guys might wanna add “News Hound” to this one :)

  23. yukonwolf added July 2nd, 2008 at 3:35 am

    Brand new to this site and lovin’ it. Thanks Mixx!

  24. adam added July 11th, 2008 at 3:04 am

    I feel quite flattered by receiving Top Ten award):
    Thank you!

  25. Wayne Smallman added July 14th, 2008 at 3:18 am

    I’m a huge fan of Mixx.

    The idea of rewarding its users for their efforts is wonderful idea. And having a leader board is pretty sweet, too!

    An idea would be to have awards for particular tags, or categories. That way, anyone coming to someone’s profile will know more about what that member is into without having to skim through their bookmarks…

  26. paisley added July 23rd, 2008 at 11:20 am

    another mixx award…
    http://www.mixx-expo.com/2.8/default_awards.2008-06-20.aspx

  27. Tal Siach added September 2nd, 2008 at 7:54 am

    @Wayne I couldn’t agree more i think that some top categories should have there awards too , i think it will be cool and create a small but healthy competition within the different categories

  28. Jasmine added September 7th, 2008 at 1:56 am

    Looks like I still have a lot to work on…. ;)
    Still a lot of Awards I haven’t been getting….

  29. valentinesday added September 13th, 2008 at 2:02 am

    I’m loving Mixx, I have to get my fix everyday. Thanks!

  30. adam added September 14th, 2008 at 7:28 am

    I miss an explanation on the Big Kudos…:)

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