Welcome to Mixx Without Borders!

Some people think that if you drive your employees too hard that, well, it’s a bad thing. Obviously, they’re not thinking about engineers. A strange and magical breed, engineers prefer that we show our affection and appreciation by giving them more work. So we keep them busy and happy by implementing loads of improvements—many dreamed up by our product managers, many suggested by you. In fact, several Mixxers have even offered to help out with our coding.

So, we had a little meeting and asked ourselves, “What do we do with so many Mixxers offering up so much of their time to help us create a better experience—not to mention the many others who have great ideas for what to do with Mixx data?” Some people might think these users presumptuous, but for us, there was only one answer: open the borders.

That’s right—we’ve launched our API! Want to check it out? Just head down to the Kitchen and click on the new Blender link. If you’re already a Mixx user, this is the place to check out the cool applications and websites designed by your fellow Mixxers to be used in conjunction with Mixx. If you’re a developer, use the Blender to whip up and manage API keys and brag about your cool new Mixx app.

You know we like to stuff our releases with as many new features as possible, so we’re also launching… Recommended By.

We have a long and growing list of splentacularific® partner sites that have launched Mixx buttons to make it easier for you to Mixx their content. Starting today, we’re going to show you a bit more information from the readers of those sites, including the type of content they recommend. Go to a story from one of these partner sites and you’ll see a counter with the number of people who have recommended that story. Now, before you get your knickers in a twist—we know what you’re thinking and NO!, this number has absolutely NO bearing on a story’s popularity on Mixx. Even if 50,000 YouTubers think that a video of two cats in a marathon stare-down is Just the Cutest Thing Ever! and decide to recommend it, unless Mixxers agree, it won’t stroll to the top of the Popular list. The counter exists simply to let you know that 50,000 YouTube users think that particular bit of, er, creativity is worth your time. As ever, only Mixxers get to decide the true popularity of any piece of content.

YAURF!™ (Yet Another User Request Fulfilled!)
From the minute we launched, Mixxers have been requesting, demanding and politely begging for an RSS feed for YourMixx. Joe, who brought you MixxMash by working his special blend of wizardry, now offers a MixxMash RSS feed! Individually configured for each Mixxer, the feed can be activated by going to the Cook’s Corner in the Kitchen and clicking “Activate your MixxMash RSS feed.”

This should be enough you keep you busy for a couple of hours, but there’s much more on the way! Let us know what you think of the new features and keep sending us your comments and suggestions for improvements and new features you’d like to see.

Have we told you lately that we love you?

Your Mixx Team

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