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Blogazines : Mixx.com. By Rachael Crifo. Background. Mixx was launched on September 21, 2007 It was founded by Chris McGill, he was the General Manager of Yahoo News, Weather, and Yahoo Education; and Vice President of Strategy for USA TODAY.
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Blogazines: Mixx.com By Rachael Crifo
Background Mixx was launched on September 21, 2007 It was founded by Chris McGill, he was the General Manager of Yahoo News, Weather,and Yahoo Education; and Vice President of Strategy for USA TODAY. “Mixx is not a one-size-fits-all recommendation site where users run over each other and a single niche group can dominate the conversation—no one gets left behind with Mixx.” -Chris McGill
What’s The Purpose? It is a user-driven social media web site that serves to help users submit or find content by peers based on interest and location. It combines social networking and bookmarking with web syndication, blogging and personalization tools. The Mixx Site Box combines the benefits of the "Best of" listings from Facebook, Digg and Twitter.
It’s Functionality • Personalization • Search and Discover • Sharing and NetworkingBy submitting, commenting on and voting for or against stories, photos and videos that they like or don’t like, Mixx users can influence the flow of incoming media and recommend relevant media to other users within specific categories like business, sports and health.
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