Time to Warm Up With New Treats!

So that pesky little Punxsutawney Phil insists we’ll have six more weeks of winter. The weather has been pretty screwed up this year anyway, so we’ve been staying inside, working away to bring a little sunshine and cheer to you, our wonderful Mixxers.

New Mixx Front Page
First up, we’re launching a new Front Page that combines many of the popular features throughout Mixx. While we originally designed and built this page with non-Mixxers in mind, we love it and, being the good little web citizens that we are, we thought we’d share! And since we’re all about personalization here—as evidenced by Will’s Famous Plaid Plants—now you can have your choice of Mixx Start Page!  Choose from YourMixx, the new Front Page or even your Notifications page as your Mixx Start Page. Make this selection in your Account Settings. We just want to make sure that, as often as possible, we’re giving you the option to make it your Mixx. As always, we’d love to get feedback on the new page.

Writing a Mixx Poll is Good for Your Karma
The Mixx polls have become one of our most popular features, and we’ve decided to reward those of you who create them. From now on, Mixxers who write polls selected for publication will be paid in the currency of the Mixx realm—that’s right: Karma and props! Note: Everyone will know that you wrote the poll, so make it a good one, and keep it clean; your mom is watching! The Mixxer who has the most polls published will also get a special Pollster badge to add to their profile page.  So start writing!

Them’s Fightin’ Words!
We know that people can get a little passionate about certain topics, but occasionally that passion can get out of hand and lead to needlessly argumentative comments and even behavior that borders on the troll-ish. Well, that’s not something we ever want to see on Mixx, so you are hereby deputized to mark these comments as “Fighting Words.” Just two Mixxers or one Super Mixxer is all it takes to hide those comments from view. Now, no going crazy with the deputy’s badge: you can only mark 10 comments in a day.  Also, you have a choice—if you are the sparring kind, you can choose to see the comments marked as “Fighting Words” by default. Otherwise, they will be hidden from view unless you ask to see them.

Enjoy!
~The Mixx Team

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