Introducing Mixx Communities!
Posted by Will on June 25th, 2008We’ve been a tad quiet for a couple of weeks and at last we’re ready to emerge from our cave and tell you why! Today we’re taking our mantra of ultra-personalization to a whole new level with the launch of Mixx Communities. You may have already noticed that the “Groups” tab in your navigation bar has been replaced with a shiny new “Communities” tab. All of your Groups are still there and will reside under this tab but we’ve added Mixx Communities, which some here have described as “Mixx Groups on steroids.”
Mixx Communities offer an easier way to focus on the topics and issues that you’re most passionate about, whether that’s wildlife activism, social media, green news, political reform or the NY Giants. Once you start a Mixx Community, it will reside within Mixx but you can give it your own stamp by importing an image header and/or logo, choosing a custom color scheme, and determining specific topics and categories to include. For instance, if your Community is dedicated to environmental preservation, you might want to have as your topics “News,” “Science,” “Politics” and “Education.”
Your new Community will have the same benefits as a Mixx Group, with a few more bells and whistles. Well, OK, a lot more bells and whistles! You’ll have:
- Prominently placed space for your editorial and/or promotional content
- A sub-domain name
- The ability to import existing tags—this means that as soon as you’ve finished your set up, your Community will already have content
- The ability to embed video through YouTube and MetaCafé
Mixx is also excited to announce that, as part of our community offering, we will allow users the ability to participate in a revenue sharing program. The revenue sharing will be made possible by Mixx’s integration with the Google AdSense API.
The members of your Mixx Community also get some pretty cool benefits:
- A more customized experience
- More prominent message boards
- Karma points earned in the community are automatically added to their general Mixx karma pool (NOTE: Karma points are only added if the content is exclusive to the Community.)
- Improved comment following: Read the comments on a particular story across all groups, both public and private, that you are a member of.
Though it will take a little more time than setting up a Group, creating a Mixx Community is a simple, five-step process that any non-techy person can do. But if you’re not ready to go all out, Mixx Groups are a great way to get your feet wet. It takes just a couple of minutes to set up a Group and you’ll be on your way! Then whenever you’re ready to take the plunge, you can upgrade your Group to a Community.
We’re really excited about Mixx Communities and think they’re going to completely change how you use the web, so go check it out, and as always, please let us know what you think!
Your Mixx Team
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