Time to Get Your Mixx Face On!
Posted by Melanie on March 9th, 2009It’s March, which means our sports fans are in for a big slice of heaven: College basketball. Hockey playoffs right around the corner. Baseball preseason in full swing. Football… well, we’re sure there’s something going on there, too. To put it simply: Everyone’s getting their game face on, which made us think that it might be a great time to roll out our new Mixx Profile page! It’s kind of your Mixx face, right? No? Oh, er. Anyway—on to the new Mixx Profile Page!
The first thing you’ll notice about your new Profile page is that all of the info is now neatly organized in three columns:
In Column 1:
- Your avatar and user name
- Edit and Invite links for your profile
- Links to Follow User, Block User or send MixxMail
- Your Badge(s), Karma points, your “maven” status (assuming you’re a SuperMixxer, of course!)
Getting tired of seeing all those default avatars? We are too, but because we know that our Mixxers may just be a little too busy to do anything about it, we’re going to help out: From now on, your friend JohnnyBoy263 won’t have that sad, generic, default avatar. Nope–now it might be Bill Gates or Tonya Harding or Robert Downey Jr. And that avatar will appear wherever his name shows up on Mixx. To make it even more interesting, we’re going to keep changing JohhnyBoy’s avatar until he gets tired of the game and decides to make his own avatar. But who knows? Maybe his inner Zsa Zsa will come out and he’ll be okay sticking with that one. And you know what? We’re okay with that, too. Enjoy!
As a super special added bonus, we have included a “special” pic in the Mixx. The first person to identify correctly who the little girl in the glasses is will get a Mixx t-shirt. So what are you waiting for? Get out there and find that little four eyes! Once you find her, either send a site mail to Feedback or drop an e-mail to Feedback.
In Column 2:
- Your latest status
- Space to update your status or write a note if you’re viewing the profile of a Mixx Friend
- New tabs for Activity (all of your submissions, votes for, votes against, favorites and comments), Information (your description, links, groups, location and interests) and Chatter (any comments that people leave on your profile and all of the status updates you’ve created—we know that’s a lot, so the Chatter items only stay for two weeks)
And just for fun, if you haven’t created a Profile yet, we’ve given you a temporary one! At the very top of the second column you’ll see this message, “We have you listed as a 24 year old male who lives with his mom, is a candle stick maker, and likes puppy kisses and unicorns. Does this sound about right? If not, click here to edit your profile and tell us all about you.” If this isn’t you, go ahead and write your own and we’ll take down ours!
In Column 3:
- Your Friends
- Your Trophy Case
Wait! Don’t leave yet—there’s more!
MixxFeed—Notifications on Steroids
Okay—perhaps we shouldn’t use the word “steroids” since we opened with a lame sports theme. Just try to ignore that; this is pretty cool: With MixxFeed you can choose certain site activities that you want to stay on top of. Just go to YourMixx and click on the MixxFeed tab. NOTE: MixxFeed content will only appear under this tab—no email alerts and it won’t appear under “Notifications.”We know this is a lot, so just one more thing before we go:
Twittering and Facebooking
Sharing is good, and we’ve made it easier to share all of your fantabulous Mixx posts and finds: Every story, photo, podcast and video includes Tweet This and Share on Facebook links.That’s it! Now go make sure you’re not one of those puppy kisses and unicorns guys and then check out all of the great new features!
Happy Mixxing and, as always, let us know what you think!
The Mixx Team
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