For bloggere: Konkurrent til Digg – Mixx reiser USD 2 mill

Mixx er en ny social networking site som har en del tilleggsfunksjonalitet til det du finner hos Digg. De har nå reist 2 ny millioner dollar og skal forsøke å ta opp kampen med Digg og Reddit.

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Her er utdrag av artikkelen fra Venture Beat med link:

Mixx, social news competitor to Digg, raises another $2 million

By Eric Eldon 02.24.08

Many startups have tried to take on social news site Digg. Mixx is one of them, but it has a few additional features that lets users fine-tune what stories they see on the site — and it’s made some deals with big newspapers. The company has shown enough progress since launching in October that it has brought back existing investor Intersouth Partners for a $2 million round.Similar to Digg and competitors, Mixx lets you submit stories, vote on your favorite submissions, add your own comments, and see the most popular stories on the site’s front page. It also shows you news stories, photos, videos and other submitted content based on where you live and what your self-defined interests are.

Mixx also has other differences, like its focus on user participation. Digg has an algorithm that it uses to rank the effect of a user’s vote, but reveals only limited information about the algorithm and also makes changes to it on the fly — making many top Digg users scratch their heads (our coverage). In contrast, Mixx employees themselves blog regularly and openly explain how users can accumulate points for doing things like submitting popular stories and leaving quality comments — and even gain access to special powers (example).