The social bookmarking site, Mixx, has launched a new feature called Communities. The Mixx Communities are similar to the Mixx groups but offer a lot more bells and whistles.
They say it best:
Mixx Communities offer an easier way to focus on the topics and issues that you're most passionate about, whether that's wildlife activism, social media, political reform or the NY Giants. Once you start a Mixx Community, it will reside within Mixx but you can give it your own stamp by importing an image header and/or logo, choosing a custom color scheme, and determining specific topics and categories to include. For instance, if your Community is dedicated to environmental preservation, you might want to have as your topics "News," "Science," "Politics" and "Education."
The community pages will have:
- Featured space for editorial and promotional content
- A personalized sub-domain on Mixx.com
- Ability to import existing favorites tags so your new Community will immediately have new content
- The ability to embed video from YouTube and MetaCafé
- Option to participate in a revenue sharing program through Google AdSense API.
Community members also have some cool new features:
- A more unique experience on your customized community page
- More visible message boards
- Ability to participate in polls related to the group's message
- Earn karma points within the community that will be added to their general Mixx karma pool
- Better comment following that allows reader to follow comments on a particular story across all groups, both public and private, that they are a member of.
Some communities I have noticed so far are Obama 08, Apple, Photography Lovers, Anti War, Tech Stories and Social Blend.
What is your niche?
