Happy 100! The State of the Mixx
Posted by Kerry on January 17th, 2008Today Mixx has reached a milestone! This is our 100th day of being open to the public, and we never could have done it without you. We love our jobs, but you definitely make it a lot more fun to come in every day. We’ve always tried to keep you up-to-date with everything that’s going on, and we absolutely want to know what you think of us. So in that same spirit of openness, we give you:
The State of Mixx at 100 Days:
- We’re now averaging hundreds of thousands of unique visitors each month
- There are tens of thousands of registered Mixxers – 78% of whom have personalized their Mixx pages with more than 10 category tags
- Mixxers have created more than 700 groups, and counting
- So far, more than 5 million votes have been cast
- We now have a library of more than 50,000 tags submitted by Mixxers
- Mixx buttons have been found on the websites of some of the biggest media companies, including USA Today , Reuters, The L.A. Times, Slate, Forecast Earth from The Weather Channel, and Kaboose, with more on the way
- And it’s not just the big dogs! Many very cool and interesting blogs have added a Mixx button, allowing Mixxers to get great information from diverse sources
One of the coolest things that we’ve seen at Mixx is the level of participation of all Mixxers. We can’t say it enough—as you may have noticed—but we’re incredibly humbled by the time and energy that you put in to making Mixx such a vibrant community. And it’s not just people registering and voting—though we definitely encourage that! It’s the people who create groups that bring so many of you together—from Digg Crossovers (one of the first) to Green News; Mixxing the Web (who knew that rats laugh when you tickle them?) to Tech News, and at least 697 others. It’s also efforts like the Mixxing Bowl, where users get together to come up with ideas to help us improve and to chat about other cool stuff. They’ve even making podcasts and videos about Mixx. (They’re doing a casting call for a female podcaster, if you’re interested!)
So what can you expect from our next 100 days? Well we can’t promise all of these within the next 100, but this is a bit of what we’re working on:
- A Mixx Facebook Application
- Open APIs so the geeks among you can get access to some mashable Mixx info. Show us what we haven’t thought of yet!
- Better Groups Functionality
- New Ways to Earn—and Award!—Karma
- Improved Awards Display
- Audio Section for Podcasts
- Improved Commenting
- Improved People Search
- SCHWAG! That’s right—we’re going retail! Soon you’ll be able to buy Mixx hats, t-shirts, and more!
So from all of us, a huge THANK YOU for hanging in there while we worked out the first-100-days kinks, and for sending us great suggestions and Feedback.
Here’s to another amazing leg of the journey, and we’ll see you back in the Mixx!
Chris McGill
Founder, Mixx
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