Feb

24

2008

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We’re more than just social news!

10:50PM by Hoc

It’s almost been a year since we first put out our version of a social news application. Since then, we’ve added tons of new features, undergone two redesigns, had over 40,000 submissions, and added two new communities, Ziggytek for cars and Jetdrop for gadgets. Suffice it say, we’ve been busy, but this year is going to be much bigger! When we first started doing this, the idea was to organize all the information related to a community—the news articles, the blog postings, the photos, the videos, the podcasts...everything. We wanted to make a central, easy to navigate resource that was all encompassing and invaluable to the niche communities we serve. Social news is the first application we launched towards that end. We plan to launch five more applications over the course of the year to create something we like to call, a social application suite; a Microsoft Office of social applications if you will. Some of these applications, blog, wiki, and forum will be available live in just a few weeks.

Speaking of blogs, we plan to bring in a lot of talented, experts in their communities, to write on various things happening within the Mixr network and on things related to communities we serve. More on that later. There’s also at least five new communities launching this year, with the next three being fashion, politics, and video games.

What’s really great about combining all these applications and communities together is that one user name, one profile, one friends list, one messaging system, one reputation, and one login will work across the entire Mixr network!

The user feedback has been interesting to hear and we always encourage comments and suggestions about everything. In general, there’s going to be more opportunities to earn points and gain reputation within a community and more awards icons and real world rewards for the more dedicated members. This blog will be updated on a much more regular basis so check back often for new features and details!