Early Gifts from the Jolly Mixx Elves!
Posted by Melanie on October 29th, 2008We snuck out of the office last weekend and, while we were out shopping we couldn’t help but notice that it’s been Christmas for about three weeks already. Apparently that’s the “October Surprise;” not what most of us thought it might be, but well, there it is. And because the Holidays are here earlier than ever this year, we thought we’d get in on the fun and add a few treats to your Mixx!
Poll Central
Because ‘tis also the season for polling, we’re adding a Poll feature. It’s really simple to use—just a question and up to five answers. Because we love to get your opinions, you’ll see polls at various places around the site. Poll Central is located under the Popular tab and will show all of the open polls throughout Mixx. Poll Central will get its own commenting section and a few other features in the not-too-distant future.Kudos for Comments
We’ve upgraded Commenting, so now you can:
- Participate in longer threads without the headache of too much scrolling.
- Get to the hot conversations faster—you’ll find the most active comment threads highlighted right there on the Popular page.
- See which Mixxer had the single comment with the most Kudos over the past 24 hours—that’s right! We’ve added a Top Commenter badge to the Mixx. You can find it in the MixxLounge along with all of our other high achieving Mixxers.
Adopting Strays
Now any registered Mixxer can “claim” content submitted by the ubiquitous “Anonymous.” This means that you can add or remove tags, add categories–the kind of stuff you do to your own submissions. We think that anyone willing to give a stray a home should be rewarded, so we’re tossing in a bit of Karma to encourage adoptions.Paying the Bills
Of course Mixx is free to you but, unfortunately, it’s not exactly free for us. Beginning today, anyone not logged into Mixx will see AdSense ads on all story, photo and video pages. Once you log in, you’ll see them only in the Health and Tech areas. If we decide to expand this in the future, you’ll hear it here first!While we’re at, we’d like to thank you for hanging out in the Mixx. It’s because there are so many of you that we’re able to use this wee bit of advertising to make sure the lights stay on and the karaoke machine the servers are powered up.
Well, that’s it for now! As always, let us know if you have any comments, questions or if you find any stray bugs from the recent migration.
Love from,
Your Mixx Team
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