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Mixx Democratizes Categories: Something Digg Should Have

11 points by transburgh 19y ago

Readmore 19y ago
This was the basis for my social news site Klipboardz (http://www.klipboardz.com http://www.klipboardz.com). I built this feature 2 years ago, unfortunately PR is what makes one startup more successful than another, it's not really about features.
- whacked_new 19y ago
  A good UI is more than half the fight.
  - Readmore 19y ago
    That's true, but look at Mixx (http://www.mixx.com http://www.mixx.com). It's not actually very functional. They break up the front page into two small lists (news and videos) that all run together. There is also a lot of other things going on all over the page. You can't glance at the page and see what's going on at all. Now look at Klipboardz (http://www.klipboardz.com http://www.klipboardz.com). The only thing you see is large story headlines and pictures to go with the stories. There is no confusion and no way to get lost. I don't think that Mixx has a better UI, I think they have prettier graphics on their page. So maybe a graphic artist and a PR person are half the battle.
    - maurycy 19y ago
      It took me two minutes to fully understand what's the point of your site.
sanj 19y ago
This feels like the reincarnation of newsgroups and their splintering factions and subgroups.
- akkartik 19y ago
  Or like user-created subreddits.
Kaizyn 19y ago
Mixx is backed by Main-stream media (LA Times invested in it). Not surprisingly, it gets more exposure than other efforts that provided better functionality.
- ALee 19y ago
  Mixx received LA Times funding within the last two months, but they have been around much longer. They're one of the startups in Virginia that much of the valley doesn't hear about. One of their front end developers is a good friend of mine and I complained about the same thing about their groups/sub-reddits, etc. Funny thing is that I think reddit did most of this already, but it's just been tougher for them to be on the radar now that they're part of a larger media conglomerate (no matter how startup-like they are, drankkit anyone?)

11 points by transburgh 19y ago

This was the basis for my social news site Klipboardz (http://www.klipboardz.com http://www.klipboardz.com). I built this feature 2 years ago, unfortunately PR is what makes one startup more successful than another, it's not really about features.

whacked_new 19y ago
A good UI is more than half the fight.
- Readmore 19y ago
  That's true, but look at Mixx (http://www.mixx.com http://www.mixx.com). It's not actually very functional. They break up the front page into two small lists (news and videos) that all run together. There is also a lot of other things going on all over the page. You can't glance at the page and see what's going on at all. Now look at Klipboardz (http://www.klipboardz.com http://www.klipboardz.com). The only thing you see is large story headlines and pictures to go with the stories. There is no confusion and no way to get lost. I don't think that Mixx has a better UI, I think they have prettier graphics on their page. So maybe a graphic artist and a PR person are half the battle.
  - maurycy 19y ago
    It took me two minutes to fully understand what's the point of your site.

sanj 19y ago

This feels like the reincarnation of newsgroups and their splintering factions and subgroups.

akkartik 19y ago
Or like user-created subreddits.

Kaizyn 19y ago

Mixx is backed by Main-stream media (LA Times invested in it). Not surprisingly, it gets more exposure than other efforts that provided better functionality.

ALee 19y ago
Mixx received LA Times funding within the last two months, but they have been around much longer. They're one of the startups in Virginia that much of the valley doesn't hear about. One of their front end developers is a good friend of mine and I complained about the same thing about their groups/sub-reddits, etc. Funny thing is that I think reddit did most of this already, but it's just been tougher for them to be on the radar now that they're part of a larger media conglomerate (no matter how startup-like they are, drankkit anyone?)