Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot . . .

This time of year brings a host of celebrations and it seems like everyone is reconnecting with friends and family, sharing a few drinks, having some laughs, and swapping stories. Think Facebook. Live! With eggnog! Now, in addition to a few other holiday goodies, Mixx is making it easy for you to reconnect. We’ve added a People Search feature so that you can find out which of your friends is also a Mixxer—and let your friends find you.

Simply use the regular search box and enter any name in the search field. On the results page, you’ll see a new “People” tab that will show a list of matching names. If you’re not yet a registered Mixxer, 1) What are you waiting for?, and 2) Now that you are absolutely going to do this because Mixx is the coolest place to be, you have the option to enter your name during registration. If you are already part of the coolest place, then you can go to your account page and add your name so your friends can find you. Note that this will NOT show up on your profile, or be attached to any content that you submit, comment on or vote for. It will ONLY show up if someone searches for you by name.

In the spirit of the season, we thought we’d share some of the other holiday treats we’ve been working on:

• The Trophy Case: We know how proud you are of those awards—for some of you it’s become almost unseemly how badly you want to win. (Don’t worry—we approve!) For months now we’ve been tracking all of those awards and now you can show them off in your very own Trophy Case—you’ll find a link to it on your profile page. If you don’t see a link, um, you might need to get Mixxing.
• Polls Improvements: The Polls feature has quickly become one of our most popular, and many of you have offered suggestions for poll topics, as well as ways for us to improve the feature. So consider this YAURF!™*
  • Yes, you can go home again, or at least back to closed polls.
  • Your comments and conversations on polls will now appear in Your Conversations.
  • The Polls tab can now be found in the Category tabs as well as in Popular.
  • Suggest a Poll! Tell what burning question you want answered.
• New Mixx Tour: At last! Whether you’re new to Mixx or just want a quick refresher (or even to just admire more of our handiwork), there’s now an easy-to-navigate tour of the best Mixx has to offer, from finding and sharing content to voting and, yes, even making friends. Check out the new Mixx Tour and let us know what you think!

Now if you’ll excuse us, we just saw a very large pitcher of eggnog go by. We were going to resolve to leave it alone but instead we resolve to keep working to make Mixx the place you want to be, today and every day. Wherever you are, have a safe and wonderful New Year! We can’t wait to see what 2009 brings, but we hope we’ll see you in the Mixx soon!

~Your Not-at-all-tipsy Mixx Team

*YAURF™: Yet Another User Request Fulfilled

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